Social support is the most important task of the state

In any country in the world, the population is not homogenous. The income of different layers of society varies significantly. There is a so-called low-income class of people in need of support. It is not always easy to determine who needs social support. Currently, there are about fifty categories of the population, who are in some form of assistance. In general terms, we can say that these are people who can not take care of themselves. Often their income is beyond the minimum subsistence minimum. Let's try to determine what the social support of the population finds expression for.

Pensions

• The pensions of the elderly depend on their seniority and the level of wages during their lifetime. Monthly, the employer makes transfers to the Pension Fund. Of these, the amount of pension is calculated in the future. Whatever it was, but even with a low level of income, each person, after reaching a certain age, has the right to receive cash in an amount that is not less than the minimum set by the state. This money is paid at the expense of the state.
• Disability pensions are paid on medical grounds. Their size is affected by the disability group and the possibility or impossibility to carry out work activities.
• Survivors' pensions are paid to children under eighteen years old, as well as to students of educational institutions under the age of 24 years, at which one of the parents or guardians died.

Social benefits

• Can be paid to mothers raising children without a father.
• Unemployed people registered at the employment center receive cash payments close to their last salary. But this situation persists for only a few months, later the amount is reduced.

Scholarships

The amount of this payment depends on the specific educational institution (for example, cadets of military academies receive a large amount in comparison with students of civilian universities), student performance, their social status. Also, especially talented students are allocated various personal scholarships.

Health care

Social support is also expressed in free medicine. Although not all services can be paid by the state in full. Therefore, there is medical insurance, compulsory and voluntary. It is also included in the employer's deductions of certain amounts to extra-budgetary funds.

Non-monetary social support

Lonely elderly people, of whom there is no one to take care, can count on living in a nursing home, where they will be provided with food and medical care. There are also social services that are visited several times a week by the elderly or people with disabilities, they bring food, help to prepare, and clean up. Social support for the unemployed is also in their free education of a new specialty, providing the opportunity to attend refresher courses.

There are many other types of state aid to the needy population. Social support is an extremely topical issue that concerns many aspects of social life and requires a comprehensive solution.