Canadian Medical Association Journal (13.07.2015) India's president has declared that a universally accessible health care system is "crucial," but experts say much needs to be done before that can become a reality.
China Economic Review (22.06.2015) When China's State Council announced in January that civil servants would have to pay 8% of their salary into the country’s pension plan, it was something of a triumph after three-plus decades in which government employees enjoyed a free ride while private-sector employees faced a social security tax on their income that eventually grew to a staggering 28%.
RPP Noticias (07.06.2015) El expresidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendió en la sede de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en Roma, que Brasil superó el hambre y la pobreza gracias a las políticas sociales.
financial times (15.01.2015) China’s 40m public sector employees are to lose their exemption from paying into the state pension system, as the government looks to curb public outrage over excess benefits for civil servants.
wsj(04.01.2015) China says 95% of its 1.34 billion people are covered by medical insurance. That should have included Zhao Guomei, whose struggle with a rare but treatable disease shows how the system is failing for millions of China’s workers.
