Nordic Welfare States by Lina Van Aerschot (TAU)

Welfare and social security: give an example of your home country of a public, private or employment-related social benefit or service

linavana — 2024-09-17 07:45:23 UTC

Finland

2025-09-10 08:23:57 UTC

Still on a good level of social services but with a continuing feeling that our institutions that have gotten us to this point are being eroded away without any real political will to change the direction.

United States

2025-09-10 08:24:09 UTC

Medicaid -> health insurance for adults and kids with limited income

Germany

2025-09-10 08:24:48 UTC

continuation of salary payments (certain percentage) in case of sickness

Japan

2025-09-10 08:25:06 UTC

universal healthcare and access to education

Uruguay as a Conservative Model

2025-09-10 08:25:13 UTC

In Uruguay social security mainly depends on having a job, if you do not you, you rely mainly on family care to access decent healthcare.

United States

2025-09-10 08:25:37 UTC

Getting healthcare services is largery dependant on the level on income. There are options for people with lower income, but reaching these services is not always easy. Young adults are more dependant on family than in nordic countries since there is no social benefits for them

Latvia

2025-09-10 08:25:37 UTC

As a child, you get free public health services, once you turn 18, you have to rely on employment-related services (insurance)

Italy

2025-09-10 08:25:46 UTC

public health system and residual social security policies, central role of families in child care and older care, more monetary benefits than in-kind benefits

Italy

2025-09-10 08:25:50 UTC

There is a public health system, but a lot of public services are private, so you have to count on your family help.

Czechia

2025-09-10 08:26:13 UTC

In Czechia it is mix of public, private and employment-related one. However, from previous examples, it is mostly similar to German model

France

2025-09-10 08:26:25 UTC

Employment-related social service : when people work, they don't receive their full salary. A part of it is going to a public social fund. They will benefit from it when they will stop working as a salary.

Hungary

2025-09-10 08:26:37 UTC

Free public healthcare for everyone who is employed/is a student or below 18/is a pensioner

Germany II

2025-09-10 08:26:51 UTC

For Germany: Health service is public, child care more or less semi-private, employment-related is your unemployment insurance and your pension.

Germany

2025-09-10 08:26:59 UTC

Parents living in Germany are entitled to child benefit regardless of their income or employment status. It is paid monthly to help cover the costs of raising children until they are 25‘.

USA

2025-09-10 08:27:30 UTC

Food stamps for low income families.

Japan

2025-09-10 08:27:34 UTC

People don't have to pay all the expenses of medical care (it depends on the care, though), depending on the taxation.

Taiwan

2025-09-10 08:27:39 UTC

We have universal health insurance so it's cheap to go to see the doctor.

Belgium

2025-09-10 08:28:02 UTC

Most of the benefits and services are connnected with your job, lots of public services (education, healthcare, ...) who are accessible to everyone.

Germany

2025-09-10 08:29:02 UTC

For sick, disabled and elderly people, it's common for them to live in accompanied residencies with professional staff available and not with their families. Families often provide money to pay for those residencies (sometimes they're paid by the state, sometimes private).

Japan

2025-09-10 08:29:37 UTC

Due to the aging society and population decline, the pension amount has been decreasing, which means they cannot receive all the money they paid during working age.

Kerala,India

2025-09-10 08:29:47 UTC

The state of Kerala in India provide strong social security pensions to elderly people,Widow pension etc.The government of kerala also launched mass housing projrct and built houses for more than 1 illion families who does not had access to housing for free.

The Netherlands

2025-09-10 08:30:27 UTC

The Netherlands has public social security. Anyone who has lived or worked in the Netherlands between ages 15 and 67 gets AOW, a basic income for retirees regardless of employment history.

France

2025-09-10 08:31:04 UTC

Public health system, free access to healthcare, and pensions paid thanks to taxes.

But existence of private insurances, privates institutions (better nursing home, hospital) which are depending on your job, so not a equalitarian model and you're privileged if you have a good job and your family can support you

Vietnam

2025-09-10 08:31:07 UTC

Public (mandatory) and private (voluntary) social security and welfare system. Public welfare system includes medical, pregnancy, unemployment insurance; as well as policies for public sections such as education, transportation, housing, etc., reducing national poverty and emergency relief in case of natural disasters.

These are theoretical, but in practice, I think medical insurance is the most widely-used policy.

Germany

2025-09-10 08:31:13 UTC

Children and youth usually are health insured through their family with financial benifits

Hong Kong

chiukwaisze — 2025-09-10 08:32:08 UTC

Social Services:

Family and Child Welfare Services: Counseling, child protection, foster care, adoption services.

Elderly Services: Day care centers, residential care homes, and community outreach services.

Youth Services: Counseling, education, employment guidance, and recreational programs.

Healthcare Services:

Hong Kong has a dual-track healthcare system.

Public healthcare is heavily subsidized and accessible through public hospitals and clinics.

France

2025-09-10 08:32:10 UTC

In France we have the social security that provides health care services (free hospital, financial aid for medicine and some medical exam, etc...). However, we need a private insurance to complete this aid, and it is related to the company for which we work, or those from our parents.

Regarding school, it is free and taxation-based.