What does social insurance include?

Social insurance includes endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The social insurance plan is organized by the government, forcing a certain group to use part of its income as social insurance tax (fee) to form a social insurance fund. Under certain conditions, the insured can get fixed income or loss compensation from the fund.

It is a redistribution system, and its goal is to ensure the reproduction of material and labor and social stability. In China, social insurance is an important part of the social security system, occupying a core position in the whole social security system. In addition, social insurance is a contributory social security. The funds are mainly paid by employers and workers themselves, and the government finances give subsidies and bear the ultimate responsibility.

Collection method of social insurance premium

The proportional insurance premium system stipulates a certain proportion according to the wage income of the insured, so as to collect insurance premiums. Adopting the proportional system, the initial main purpose of social insurance is to compensate the income lost by the insured in risk accidents in order to maintain their minimum living. Therefore, we should refer to his usual income, on the one hand, as a standard to measure payment, on the other hand, as the basis for premium calculation.

The system of matching insurance premium means that no matter how much the insured or his employer earns, the same amount of insurance premium should be charged. The advantages of this system are simple calculation and easy to be universally realized. Moreover, in countries that collect insurance premiums in this way, the payment system is generally divided equally, which has the significance of equal income and expenditure. But its defect is that low-income people and high-income people pay the same premium, which is obviously unfair in terms of affordability.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Social Insurance