François MERCEREAU - Causes of and Lessons From Chronic Deficits

Pouvoirs n°94 - L’État-providence - septembre 2000 - p.49-58

There are technical reasons for the health insurance deficit (medical progress, aging of the population, medical demography). It is however mainly due to a certain inability to reduce it through a greater flexibility of health services and benefits. There are also technical reasons for the old age pension program deficit (retiring baby boomers and stagnation of the working-age population). But it is mainly due to a lack of anticipation of such expected phenomena. By accepting a system of welfare on credit, we hinder economic competition and threaten social cohesion. Résumé

Référence électonique : François MERCEREAU, "Causes of and Lessons From Chronic Deficits", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°94, 2000, p.49-58. Consulté le 18-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Causes-of-and-Lessons-From-Chronic.html