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"Catastrophic medical insurance" (Major-illness insurance) in China

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The Lancet (14.10.2017) The article briefly introduces the major-illness medical insurance in China, which has covered 1.01 billion people (of which 60% from rural areas) since its implementation in 2013. The new scheme is mainly funded (with an annual fee of 15 Yuan to 30 Yuan per person) through surpluses from the existing (social) medical insurance programmes (NCMS for rural residents and URMI for urban residents), and provided by commercial insurance companies through a bidding process.

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china
Topics
Health
Health insurance
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Population ageing and rising inequality will hit younger generations hard

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oecd.org (18.10.2017) Younger generations will face greater risks of inequality in old age than current retirees and for generations born since the 1960s, their experience of old age will change dramatically. Moreover, with family sizes falling, higher inequality over working lives and reforms that have cut pension incomes, some groups will face a high risk of poverty, according to a new OECD report.

Topics
Population ageing
Inequalities
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Signature de l’arrangement administratif de sécurité sociale avec le Maroc

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gouvernement.lu  (18.10.2017) Le ministre de la Sécurité sociale, Romain Schneider, et le ministre du Travail et de l'Insertion professionnelle du Maroc, Mohamed Yatim, ont signé le 17 octobre 2017, au Luxembourg, l'accord administratif pour l'application de la convention bilatérale de sécurité sociale entre le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et le Royaume du Maroc.

Regions / Country
morocco
luxembourg
Topics
Governance and administration
International agreements
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US: NIOSH uses mobile medical screening trucks to test coal miners for black lung

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The Exponent Telegram (17.10.2017) Preventing and understanding respiratory diseases, especially those faced by coal miners, is one of the core missions of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Respiratory Health facility in Morgantown. A part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH has facilities across the country. The one in Morgantown, next door to Ruby Memorial Hospital, opened in 1996. One of the facility’s four divisions is dedicated to respiratory health research and implementing new discoveries to the workplace.

Regions / Country
United States
Topics
Prevention of occupational risks
Service quality

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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France: Assurance chômage: les négociations se poursuivent à Matignon

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Le Figaro (17.10.2017)  Après Emmanuel Macron, c'est au tour du premier ministre Édouard Philippede recevoir ce mardi les partenaires sociaux pour discuter de la réforme de l'assurance chômage, de l'apprentissage et de la formation.

Regions / Country
france
Topics
Unemployment
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Suisse: Les seniors s’imposent comme créateurs d’entreprise

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Le Temps (16.10.2017) Ces dix prochaines années, les personnes qui choisiront de devenirentrepreneurs à un stade plus avancé de leur vie seront de plus en plusnombreuses. Aux Etats-Unis, le quart des start-up sont créées par les 55 à 64 ans, analyse Jean-François Bunlon, de HSBC

Regions / Country
switzerland
Topics
Employment
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TV : « Un monde sans travail »

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Le Monde (11.10.2017) De la Bretagne à ­Pittsburgh en passant par Bruxelles, San Francisco, le Tarn ou la Suisse, cet instructif documentaire à travers la planète, coécrit par Noël Mamère et Philippe ­Borrel, a de quoi inquiéter des ­millions de travailleurs.

On savait les moins qualifiés déjà durement touchés par le chômage de masse en raison de la robotisation et des machines « intelligentes », plus fiables et moins coûteuses que les ­humains. En faisant témoigner des manutentionnaires, les auteurs mettent des mots sur les maux du travail d’aujourd’hui.

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Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Economic impact
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Government approves amendments to Estonia's parental leave, benefits system

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News ERR (29.09.2017) The Estonian government at its Wednesday meeting approved proposals for amendments to the law which would extend paternal benefits as well as make the country's parental leave and benefits system in general more flexible.

Regions / Country
estonia
Topics
Family benefits
Parental leave
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[Report] Measuring social protection for long-term care

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OECD iLibrary (27.03.2017)  This report presents the first international quantification and comparison of levels of social protection for long-term care (LTC) in 14 OECD and EU countries. Focusing on five scenarios with different LTC needs and services, it quantifies the cost of care; the level of coverage provided by social protection systems; the out-of-pocket costs that people are left facing; and whether these costs are affordable.

Topics
Health
Long-term care
Old_Global Challenges
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