Is the System of Social Welfare Fair? 11 класс

retired
the young up to 18 or the child continues education
the

disabled

credit
Invalidity
pension
Maternity
pay
for people over 65
the disabled
the poor
Single parents
The long

term
unemployed

Pensioners whose
pension is too low

Mobility
allowa-
nce

Security
Unemployment
benefit
Family credit

Invalidity
pension
National Insurance
Mobility allowance
Single
parents
The long-term
unemployed
Pensioners whose

pension is too low

the sick

The retired

the unemployed

care
Although Russia has public health care system, it has a

private sector, too.
The shortage of money of the public health services
Lack up-to-date technology (of equipment)
People have to wait to be operated on for years.

The USA doesn’t provide health care for all.
Medical care is not free.
The USA has no public health service.
Most people have private health insurance.
Most new medical techniques and technologies become available in America before anywhere else.
Many hospitals provide some free or low-cost care for those who cannot pay.

There are people who receive medical care through social programmers
Self-employed private physicians receive a fee for each patient’s visit, but some medical doctors are on a salary
GPs examine their patients well.

Health Care Services

Russia

USA

people have financial problems.
Elderly people lose friends and spouses.

Elderly people become incapable of living independently? Need regular care and nursing.

Good points:
The elderly don’t have to go to work.
The elderly have adult children, who are not a burden any more.
The elderly have a lot of time to meet with friends, read, travel, go in for sports, work in their garden.
The elderly get wiser, have more experience and the ability to help with advice.

GERMANY

Retirement pension+invalidity pension

50% reduced payment for housing, public utilities

Free medical care, wheelchairs, cars and petrol at a discount; free accommodation in a health resort

No special privileges. Ordinary invalidity pensions

No privileges of this kind


Medical service at a reduced price; mobility allowance; tourist’ pass at a reduced price; there are no health resorts in Germany

once a year

Housing, telephone without going on a waiting list

Free

of charge assistance about the house for a certain group of people with disabilities (invalids)

Air, railroad and other kinds of tickets at a reduced price

No privileges of this kind


Free of charge nursing and assistance in entertainment organizations only for people with disabilities living below poverty level

THEY
ENTITLED TO?

get UB 40s
To be on
short
time
To get a gyro
to

be on the bread line

To sign on for the dole

Become vindictive

To be livid

To get roused

benefits are the jobless in France,
Germany and Russia entitled to?

to have proper health care and education regardless of their

income. The welfare state helps the disabled, people who are unable to work to earn money on their own. The welfare state system provides the elderly with an income that allows them to live some degree of dignity. Anyone below the retirement age of 65 who has previously worked for a certain minimum period of time can receive unemployment benefit which is organized by the Department of Employment.

Tarhova Angelina
Matiag Evgenia,


Udovichenko Nikita
Skorobogatova Elen

Golubeva Larisa
Navakova Elen
Ageeva Olga