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Social Security is a generic term, most commonly used in the USA and UK, referring to different types of state programmes for protection of the elderly [old age pensions], healthcare provision, income maintenance, inter alia. The term covers all types of state and para-state programmes, including '''social insurance''' (predominant in continental Europe), '''social assistance''' (the anglophone countries' preferred means-tested benefits for the poor) and tax-based '''universal benefits''' (more commonly found in Scandinavian countries). A country's overall state policy on these issues is frequently referred to as the "'''welfare state'''", with negative connotations and stigma attached to this in the anglophone world. | '''Social Security''' is a generic term, most commonly used in the USA and UK, referring to different types of state programmes for protection of the elderly [old age pensions], healthcare provision, income maintenance, inter alia. The term covers all types of state and para-state programmes, including '''social insurance''' (predominant in continental Europe), '''social assistance''' (the anglophone countries' preferred means-tested benefits for the poor) and tax-based '''universal benefits''' (more commonly found in Scandinavian countries). A country's overall state policy on these issues is frequently referred to as the "'''welfare state'''", with negative connotations and stigma attached to this in the anglophone world. | ||
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Revision as of 08:17, 13 June 2007
Social Security is a generic term, most commonly used in the USA and UK, referring to different types of state programmes for protection of the elderly [old age pensions], healthcare provision, income maintenance, inter alia. The term covers all types of state and para-state programmes, including social insurance (predominant in continental Europe), social assistance (the anglophone countries' preferred means-tested benefits for the poor) and tax-based universal benefits (more commonly found in Scandinavian countries). A country's overall state policy on these issues is frequently referred to as the "welfare state", with negative connotations and stigma attached to this in the anglophone world.
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