scholarly journals Access to Social Protection by Immigrants, Emigrants and Resident Nationals in Switzerland

2020 ◽  
pp. 335-346
Author(s):  
Bettina Kahil-Wolff Hummer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The People ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Swiss Law

AbstractFrom a Swiss perspective, migration and transnational social protection is a subject of great importance because more than 30% of all the people working in Switzerland are migrants. This chapter shows that the Swiss social security provides protection for nationals and non-nationals, by granting access to health care and compensating the loss of income due to old age, disability, accidents, unemployment and other social risks. In some areas, the Swiss law contains rules that require domicile in Switzerland or Swiss citizenship, but for a majority of migrants, international agreements as well as EU Regulation n° 883/2004 waive such rules.

scholarly journals Horizontal Equity for Disabled People: Incapacity from Accident or Illness

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Horizontal Equity ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Social Security Benefits

The current dual system of benefit provision and service delivery for disabled people has led to substantial horizontal inequities between those on the ACC register and those receiving income tested social security benefits. Whilst there are often distinct differences in the nature of the clientele between these groups, they often have similar requirements, but can receive quite different treatment. The Disability Strategy offers the prospect that a more unified system will be developed, initially in terms of service provision, especially rehabilitation and access to health care. The move to a combined benefit structure raises issues about the fundamental nature of social security, though equality of access to second and third tier benefits should minimise the degree of conflict between earnings related and flatrate benefits. From the perspective of disabled people, the major issue is access to nonincome support, ranging from access to equipment to health care, education and employment.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OF SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Radmila Pidlypna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social

Introduction. Accelerated pace of development of society contributes to the accelerated generation of social risks, modern society is characterized by constant technological, natural, economic, environmental, socio-cultural changes. Therefore, minimizing social risks and leveling their consequences is of paramount importance. Methods. Diagnosis of the state of the social risk management system combined the principles of systemic, structural-functional and targeted analysis, which provided a comprehensive assessment of the whole and individual components. Results. The analysis of expenditures on the social sphere showed their stable absolute growth despite the dynamic reduction of their share in the budget. Social risks are largely due to the non-transparency of the mechanism for regulating the supply and demand of labor in the domestic labor market. A significant share of macroeconomic social risks is related to the problems of social infrastructure, which is financed from the budget. Problems with access to health care, the opacity of the pharmaceutical market, the degradation of the health care network, chronic underfunding, and the lack of health insurance also generate social risks. The task of state policy should be to prevent and prevent social risks, identify social conflicts that lead to destructive consequences. Systematization of social risks allows to methodologically substantiate the mechanisms of social risk management, to modernize the models of social protection of the population, to develop effective tools for ensuring public management of social risks. Discussion. The impossibility of reducing funding for social needs without deteriorating the quality of life and social protection of the population requires further search for alternative sources of funding for socio-cultural expenditures, rationalization in the budget structure to effectively combat the development of social risks. Keywords: social policy, social risks, social transfers, household expenditures, labor market, health care.

Socioeconomic inequalities and the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
Roberto De Vogli ◽  
Rossella De Falco
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Unequal Access

The aim of this review is to examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on health inequalities and discuss effective public policies in containing them. The Covid-19 pandemic has generated not only an unprecedented health crisis, but also a severe economic recession and rapid increase in unemployment and economic difficulties. The poorer socioeconomic classes have been most affected by SARS-CoV-2 infections and deaths due to inequalities in working, housing and area of residence conditions, psychosocial factors, as well as unequal access to health care. However, the effects of the pandemic on health inequalities can be tackled by effective policies of Covid-19 containment based on testing, tracing and isolate timely and stronger social protection measures on behalf of the most disadvantaged populations.

Access to Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: A Specific Organisation in France

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bénédicte Bévière ◽  
Anne-Marie Duguet
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Undocumented Migrants ◽  
Preventive Healthcare ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Eu

AbstractHealth care is a fundamental human right in Europe, and all Member States recognise everyone’s right to the access to preventive healthcare and to receive medical care in the event of sickness or pregnancy. Nevertheless, this right is focused on citizens and the application to migrants, particularly undocumented migrants, varies widely in the EU. The French legislation is organized with a humanitarian approach. In this article, the authors present the French system of social protection, the “Couverture médicale universelle” or CMU, which provides the same protection to asylum seekers and documented immigrants as to nationals, and the “Aide médicale d’état” or AME, that is open to every person who does not fulfil the legal conditions to obtain the CMU, such as illegal immigrants. Created in 1995, recently access to the AME has been restricted. A claim of discrimination has been rejected by the Conseil d’Etat and 215 000 persons received the AME in 2009. The expenses incurred by the AME increased by 17% in 2010, and there is a debate in Parliament to limit care and to ask the recipient for a financial contribution.

scholarly journals Influence of social protection on access to health care among elderly persons in informal settlements in Nakuru Town, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 310-318
Author(s):  
Jackqueline Kiptui ◽  
Peter Mwaura ◽  
David Gichuhi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health

The objective of the study is to analyse the influence of social protection on access to health care among elderly persons in informal settlements Nakuru Town, Kenya. The study was based on the Disengagement theory and utilized a descriptive research design to target individuals of 70 years and above, within the informal settlements in Nakuru Town, Kenya. Cluster and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 399 respondents from a target population of 248,785 elderly persons. Data was collected from the sample using a semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation with chi-square, and the thematic content analysis method. Quantitative analysis was aided by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 software. Results showed that the majority of the respondents (70.3%) had low access to health care services. Access to health care services is influenced by social protection programmes specifically cash transfers, government interventions in health care, and retirement benefits. Based on these findings, the study recommends that policymakers should create awareness regarding the existence of government interventions such as health insurance subsidy programme (HISP) and the importance of enrolling to retirement benefit schemes and saving for old age.

Using Technology to Improve Access to Health Care for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline A. Mashima
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Improve Access

Important initiatives in health care include (a) improving access to services for disadvantaged populations, (b) providing equal access for individuals with limited or non-English proficiency, and (c) ensuring cultural competence of health-care providers to facilitate effective services for individuals from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, 2001). This article provides a brief overview of the use of technology by speech-language pathologists and audiologists to extend their services to underserved populations who live in remote geographic areas, or when cultural and linguistic differences impact service delivery.

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