China improves social security system for aging society
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China is aging. According to statistics, citizens aged 60 and about account for nearly 11 percent of its 1.3 billion people. China is focusing on improving its insurance system to cope with the aging population
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Near-retirees age 55 and older would receive benefits without any changes under President Bush's far-reaching plan for Social Security. But the government guarantee would drop for younger workers whether or not they set up personal accounts.
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Fed chief says quick fix for social safety net programs vital to avoid more painful steps later. JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.  - Rising pressure on US finances from an aging population make it vital to quickly
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NEW YORK - For younger workers not near or at retirement, the woes of the US Social Security system tend to have a distant, if not surreal quality.
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Health care costs have risen much faster than the increases in social Security benefits, says John Kerry. He says the elderly of America will have a much better deal if he becomes President.
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Switzerland has more centenarians than  any other European country, thanks to an improved standard of  living and better healthcare and nutrition during the past 50  years, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Average life expectancy in China will jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.
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President Bush proposed the biggest  overhaul of Social Security since its 1935 creation on  Wednesday night in his State of the Union speech, and for the  first time said he would consider limiting future retirement  benefits as part of a solution.
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An aging US population would strain public finances and hurt the economy unless there were quick adjustments to the social safety net, such as raising the age for
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China&#39;s Legislature approved a revised version of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Saturday. The law, which requires the government guarantee funds
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The labor law passed today strengthens protections for workers across Chinaâs booming economy.
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Over the last decade, the use of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these procedures have improved.
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Future Social Security benefits could be cut almost in half for some younger workers under a plan President Bush is considering for overhauling the nation's retirement system.
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Rising pressure on US finances from an aging population make it vital quickly fix the social safety net with such steps as raising the age for full retirement benefits, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on
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BEIJING, Jan. 9 -- On the heels of government pledges to reform China's failing health-care system, a government survey released Wednesday identified medical issues as the No. 1 concern of most citizens.
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China unveils a new law to increase protection of private property rights - the first to cover individual assets.
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Changing benefits keep boomers working longer.