Italy is ranked the country most at risk for the second year running, whilst Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Japan, Ukraine, Latvia, Hungary, Austria and Portugal also feature in the highest risk category. Germany (14), Spain (23) and France (33) are all categorised as high risk nations, with USA (88) rated medium risk.
The demographic situation in most of these countries is accentuated further by their exposure to the global recession, which has left Government balance sheets deep in the red.
Source: Maplecroft
See also Paying for pensioners, your budget or mine?
http://ppplusofonia.blogspot.com/2010/02/your-budget-or-mine.html
Despesa de saúde de Portugal acima da média http://ppplusofonia.blogspot.com/2010/01/despesas-totais-em-saude-acima-da-media.html
Portugal é o quinto país mais envelhecido do mundo.
ResponderEliminarQue venham, que tragam as pensões, mas que tragam também os seguros de saúde.
ResponderEliminar2nd International Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing
ResponderEliminarDate: 4 November 2011
Place: ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Speaker: Alfonso Sousa-Poza
See useful interactive graph about who pays for health care in the US
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.chcf.org/publications/2012/08/data-viz-hcc-national
Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of those over 55 in employment rose in all 27 EU countries except Portugal and Romania, according to Eurostat
ResponderEliminarEntre 2000 e 2010, a percentagem de pessoas com mais de 55 anos no emprego aumentou em todos os 27 países da UE, excepto Portugal e Roménia, de acordo com o Eurostat
ResponderEliminarHarvesting badly designed social benefits is a great "pull factor" in
ResponderEliminarEuropean migration, just as poverty and persecution are persistent "push
factors", even 70 years after the great forced migrations of the XX century.
In terms of health care, NHS-countries have a tradition of treating anyone
who needs it, while health-insurance countries often restrict reimbursement
for health care provided elsewhere. This burdens taxpayers in those "Club
Med" countries which attract "snow-bird" pensioners.
In the US, pensioners from Michigan take their federal Medicare coverage with
them when they move to Florida.
That's why we need a coordinated and harmonized approach accross Europe,which
some countries are blocking.
Note to migrantes coming south: The sunshine and the good ambiance are free.
Everything else has to be paid for and reimbursed.
See more in
http://ppplusofonia.blogspot.pt/2011/02/paying-for-pensioners-your-budge...
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