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3 weeks, 4 days ago

How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare

In the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Americans are wondering out loud why we’re getting ripped off by giant insurance companies when every other developed country in the world has healthcare as a right and pays an average of about half of what we do — and gets better outcomes. While Black people might have more …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Falling monkey crashes through car sunroof in Varanasi, walks away unharmed. Watch

Hindustan Times

A shocking video shows a monkey fall through the sunroof of a car in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi after it slipped, possibly while leaping from one building to another. The video of the monkey's frightening fall has gone viral on social media. A monkey quickly leaps out of the car's broken top, jumps on the road and walks away unbothered and …

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Top legislature urges enhancement of social insurance regulations

China Daily

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, has called for more sound, scientific regulations for the nation's social insurance system after it sent an inspection team to review the implementation of the Social Insurance Law this summer. The team, consisting of 19 people, toured 16 cities and prefectures in six provinces from June to July, including …

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Top legislature urges enhancement of social insurance regulations

China Daily

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, has called for more sound, scientific regulations for the nation's social insurance system after it sent an inspection team to review the implementation of the Social Insurance Law this summer. The team, consisting of 19 people, toured 16 cities and prefectures in six provinces from June to July, including …

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2 years, 3 months ago

每日一词∣失业保险稳岗返还资金unemployment insurance refunds

China Daily

据人力资源和社会保障部统计，今年前8个月，各地向721.1万户企业发放失业保险稳岗返还资金448.4亿元，全国超半数参保企业受益。 Unemployment insurance refunds totaling 44.84 billion yuan were given to some 7.21 million enterprises, or more than half of all employers covered by the social security net, in the first eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. 2022年9月23日，北京市丰台区南苑街道政务服务中心举办“百姓就业”进社区招聘服务活动。（图片来源：新华社）【知识点】失业保险是社会保障体系的重要内容，也是积极就业政策的有机组成部分。失业保险稳岗返还，是指对依法参加失业保险并足额缴纳失业保险费，且不裁员或少裁员的企业，可按不超过该企业及其职工上年度实际缴纳失业保险费总额的一定比例给予稳岗返还，自2015年开始实施。失业保险稳岗返还是对企业承担稳定就业岗位社会责任的一种激励，也是预防失业的一项重要举措。今年以来，为进一步缓解疫情对企业的影响，我国将中小微企业的失业保险稳岗返还比例由60%最高提至90%，大企业由30%提至50%。人力资源和社会保障部最新数据显示，1至8月份，各地已向1120.1万户次企业发放稳岗资金646.3亿元，为稳企业、稳就业、保民生发挥了重要作用。除实施失业保险返还助力稳定岗位外，人社部还向中高风险疫情地区暂时无法正常生产经营的所有参保企业以及未出现中高风险疫情地区的餐饮等5个特困行业企业，创新推出一次性留工培训补助政策，支持受疫情影响企业稳岗留工。政策实施4个月来，全国有395.7万户企业享受到196.8亿元培训补助支持。支持重点群体就业方面，各地推出一次性扩岗补助政策，支持企业吸纳高校毕业生就业，已向3.3万户企业发放1.1亿元补助，惠及高校毕业生10.3万人。【重要讲话】要扎实做好民生保障工作，着力保障困难群众基本生活，做好高校毕业生就业工作。 Work should be done to ensure people's …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Revisit the Seventh Schedule to improve Centre-state relations

Live Mint

The Union government recently revoked the orders and guidelines issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. However, since health is a state subject, how was something like the DMA passed in the first place to deal with issues related to health, among others? India’s five southern states cumulatively account for 45% of total domestic consumption, with alcohol accounting for 10 …

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3 years ago

Vård av Barn: The Swedish parents paid to care for sick kids

BBC

Vård av Barn: The Swedish parents paid to care for sick kids Getty Images When children fall ill in Sweden, parents can take time off to care for them, while still pocketing 80% of their salaries. This means that Swedish parents, unlike many around the world, don’t have to scramble to find relatives or friends to help, take holiday or …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Column: Democrats are talking about means-testing more social programs. What a terrible idea

LA Times

President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965, at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., as former President Truman looks on. Wilbur Cohen, who participated in the birth of Social Security in 1935 and helped create Medicare and Medicaid as a government aide in the 1960s, always maintained that “programs for the poor are poor …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Make pensioners pay national insurance to help fund social care, says Sir Andrew Dilnot

The Telegraph

Pensioners should be made to pay national insurance contributions to help fund social care reforms, the author of Boris Johnson’s favoured plans has claimed. Sir Andrew Dilnot said it was “entirely reasonable” for people over retirement age to pay the contributions in order to help meet the estimated £10 billion a year cost of overhauling Britain’s social care system. However, …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Policies to support micro and small enterprises and self-employed businesses

China Daily

During the first half of this year, a slew of policies were rolled out by the State Council to aid micro and small enterprises and self-employed businesses affected by the epidemic. Cost reduction Platform companies are encouraged to reduce service fees charged to small and micro enterprises, and unfairly charged high service fees based on the platform’s dominant position in …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

China Daily

In order to make every effort to stabilize and promote employment, Hechi has recently issued a notice on stabilizing employment, taking targeted measures to promote economic development and ensure employment. 2.Promote various channels for employment of workers 1)To encourage companies to create new jobs Enterprises that develop new jobs and sign labor contracts with new employees for more than six …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

China Daily

In order to make every effort to stabilize and promote employment, Hechi has recently issued a notice on stabilizing employment, taking targeted measures to promote economic development and ensure employment. 2.Promote various channels for employment of workers 1)To encourage companies to create new jobs Enterprises that develop new jobs and sign labor contracts with new employees for more than six …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

China Daily

In order to make every effort to stabilize and promote employment, Hechi has recently issued a notice on stabilizing employment, taking targeted measures to promote economic development and ensure employment. 2.Promote various channels for employment of workers 1)To encourage companies to create new jobs Enterprises that develop new jobs and sign labor contracts with new employees for more than six …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

China Daily

In order to make every effort to stabilize and promote employment, Hechi has recently issued a notice on stabilizing employment, taking targeted measures to promote economic development and ensure employment. 2.Promote various channels for employment of workers 1)To encourage companies to create new jobs Enterprises that develop new jobs and sign labor contracts with new employees for more than six …

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4 years, 10 months ago

人社部：阶段性减免企业社会保险费减免规模预计超5000亿元

China Daily

人社部会同财政部、税务总局研究制定了《关于阶段性减免企业社会保险费的通知》，明确了免、减、缓三项措施。 To help enterprises withstand the epidemic and stabilize employment, the country will cut corporate contributions to the old-age pension, unemployment and workplace safety insurance funds by at least 500 billion yuan this year, according to You Jun, vice-minister of human resources and social security. 人社部副部长游钧表示，为了帮助企业抵抗疫情、稳定就业，我国今年将减免养老、失业以及工伤这三项社会保险单位的缴费，预计减免规模将超5000亿元。【知识点】我国的社保制度由五险一金组成。所谓五险一金，即养老保险、医疗保险、失业保险、工伤保险和生育保险，及住房公积金。游钧在国务院联防联控机制新闻发布会上说: Nationwide micro, small-and medium-sized enterprises－as well as all types of enterprises …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Warren health plan departs from US ‘social insurance’ idea

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to pay for “Medicare for All” without raising taxes on the middle class departs from how the U.S. has traditionally financed bedrock social insurance programs. That’s different from the “social insurance” — or shared responsibility — approach taken by Democratic presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Lyndon Baines Johnson. A campaign statement …

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5 years, 3 months ago

每日一词∣国家社会保险公共服务平台 national online platform for social insurance

China Daily

China officially kicked off a national online platform for social insurance on Sunday after a month-long test. 经过一个月的试运行，国家社会保险公共服务平台9月15日正式上线。该平台为参保人员和参保单位开通了8类18项全国性统一服务。用户可以通过该平台查看社保账户状态、了解社会保险关系转移业务的办理进度、测算未来能领到多少养老金。图片来源：视觉中国【知识点】在我国，社会保险是社会保障体系的重要组成部分，在整个社会保障体系中居于核心地位。社会保险资金主要由用人单位和劳动者本人缴纳，政府财政给予补贴并承担最终的责任。社会保险的主要项目包括养老保险、医疗保险、失业保险、工伤保险、生育保险。国家社会保险公共服务平台是全国统一的社会保险公共服务的总门户。参保人可以通过访问国家社会保险公共服务平台门户网站（http://si.12333.gov.cn），或者下载“掌上12333”手机APP，经过用户注册登录后体验相关服务。平台中的“社保查询”服务可按“多地参保、集中展现”的形式查询社会保险缴费、待遇等年度个人权益信息；“待遇资格认证”服务除了可以通过“刷脸”完成社会保险待遇资格认证，还可以通过选择“代人认证”服务，帮助参保人员家人进行待遇资格认证；“养老金测算”服务可以根据参保人员目前的养老保险缴费情况，估算出未来领到的养老金情况；“异地就医”查询服务可以随时查询跨省异地就医费用和备案信息。【重要讲话】完善城镇职工基本养老保险和城乡居民基本养老保险制度，尽快实现养老保险全国统筹。完善统一的城乡居民基本医疗保险制度和大病保险制度。完善失业、工伤保险制度。建立全国统一的社会保险公共服务平台。统筹城乡社会救助体系，完善最低生活保障制度。 We will improve the basic pension schemes for urban employees and for rural and non-working urban residents, and quickly bring pension schemes under national unified management. We will improve the unified systems of basic medical insurance and …

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5 years, 3 months ago

每日一词∣国家社会保险公共服务平台 national online platform for social insurance

China Daily

China officially kicked off a national online platform for social insurance on Sunday after a month-long test. 经过一个月的试运行，国家社会保险公共服务平台9月15日正式上线。该平台为参保人员和参保单位开通了8类18项全国性统一服务。用户可以通过该平台查看社保账户状态、了解社会保险关系转移业务的办理进度、测算未来能领到多少养老金。图片来源：视觉中国【知识点】在我国，社会保险是社会保障体系的重要组成部分，在整个社会保障体系中居于核心地位。社会保险资金主要由用人单位和劳动者本人缴纳，政府财政给予补贴并承担最终的责任。社会保险的主要项目包括养老保险、医疗保险、失业保险、工伤保险、生育保险。国家社会保险公共服务平台是全国统一的社会保险公共服务的总门户。参保人可以通过访问国家社会保险公共服务平台门户网站（http://si.12333.gov.cn），或者下载“掌上12333”手机APP，经过用户注册登录后体验相关服务。平台中的“社保查询”服务可按“多地参保、集中展现”的形式查询社会保险缴费、待遇等年度个人权益信息；“待遇资格认证”服务除了可以通过“刷脸”完成社会保险待遇资格认证，还可以通过选择“代人认证”服务，帮助参保人员家人进行待遇资格认证；“养老金测算”服务可以根据参保人员目前的养老保险缴费情况，估算出未来领到的养老金情况；“异地就医”查询服务可以随时查询跨省异地就医费用和备案信息。【重要讲话】完善城镇职工基本养老保险和城乡居民基本养老保险制度，尽快实现养老保险全国统筹。完善统一的城乡居民基本医疗保险制度和大病保险制度。完善失业、工伤保险制度。建立全国统一的社会保险公共服务平台。统筹城乡社会救助体系，完善最低生活保障制度。 We will improve the basic pension schemes for urban employees and for rural and non-working urban residents, and quickly bring pension schemes under national unified management. We will improve the unified systems of basic medical insurance and …

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5 years, 10 months ago

The road to social protection, beyond jobs

Hindustan Times

What do the flower seller on the corner of your street, the food app-based delivery man, the person tasked to pick up garbage from your home, and the growing army of professional freelancers, have in common? Our analysis in the flagship 2019 World Development Report released in January offers three salient findings that can help shape the future of social …

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How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare

Falling monkey crashes through car sunroof in Varanasi, walks away unharmed. Watch

Top legislature urges enhancement of social insurance regulations

Top legislature urges enhancement of social insurance regulations

每日一词∣失业保险稳岗返还资金unemployment insurance refunds

Revisit the Seventh Schedule to improve Centre-state relations

Vård av Barn: The Swedish parents paid to care for sick kids

Column: Democrats are talking about means-testing more social programs. What a terrible idea

Make pensioners pay national insurance to help fund social care, says Sir Andrew Dilnot

Policies to support micro and small enterprises and self-employed businesses

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

Hechi issues 6 measures to ensure employment

人社部：阶段性减免企业社会保险费减免规模预计超5000亿元

Warren health plan departs from US ‘social insurance’ idea

每日一词∣国家社会保险公共服务平台 national online platform for social insurance

每日一词∣国家社会保险公共服务平台 national online platform for social insurance

The road to social protection, beyond jobs