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18 May 21
Covid-19 pushed France’s social security system to its biggest ever deficit in 2020 as health insurance costs shot up and revenues fell, the state spending watchdog has found.
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13 Oct 20
Auditors have urged France to cut spending on health insurance payments after projecting the social security system deficit will balloon by more than 20 times its size this year.
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19 Jun 20
Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its most vulnerable citizens, with the first phase financed by a loan from the World Bank.