Solidarity Flashcards
La solidarité
Solidarity
Du berceau à la tombe
From the cradle to the grave
L’aide sociale
Les assurances sociales
Les prestations sociales
Le bien-être
Welfare
L’État-providence
The welfare state
La protection sociale
Social insurance
Social protection
Les allocations sociales
Welfare rights
Welfare entitlements
Welfare payments
Une assistante sociale
A welfare worker
A social worker
Avoir droit à quelque chose
To be entitled to something
La justice sociale
Social justice
Obligatoire
Compulsory
Where and when was the first state health insurance and old age pensions introduced ?
In Germany in 1880
How did Britain follow the German example?
The Liberal Chancelkor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a state pension for those over 70 in 1908
What is the welfare state?
The notion that the government should provide money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill or too old to work
When was the birth of the welfare state in Britain?
1945 when the recently elected Labour government set up the NHS.
A créé
Set up
What is the NHS?
National Health Service
A publicly funded health care organization
How is this system called by those who believe that the state should not intervene too much in the lives of its citizens?
The nanny state
Because a nanny is a woman whose job is to care after children
Une allocation
Une prestation sociale
A benefit
An allowance
Allocation chômage
Unemployment benefit
Allocation familiale
Child benefit
Allocation logement
Housing benefit
Les acquis sociaux
Social benefits
Demander des prestations sociales
To claim benefits
Un demandeur de prestations sociales
A benefit claimant
L’assurance maladie
Health insurance scheme
La couverture médicale
Health coverage
Medical coverage
La CMU
Universal health coverage
La couverture sociale
Social security cover
Social security coverage
Une allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu
A means-tested benefit
Recevoir des allocations chômage
To be on the dole
Cotiser
To contribute
Les cotisations sociales
Social contributions
La redistribution
Redistribution
L’impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
What does social security?
It is a faux-ami because it refers to “welfare” generally, that is to say money is paid to ill, the unemployed, the elderly, while the French word only refers to the health-care system
Systeme de retraite
Pension system
What is “social security” in the USA?
It is the name given to the government-sponsored pension system
What are the approximatively equivalent of the French “sécu”?
Medicare is a government programme which provides health care for the over 65s
Medicaid does the same for certain low-income families
Une (pension de) retraite
A pension
Le système de retraites
The pension system
Le régime d’assurance vieillesse
The state pension system
The state pension scheme
Toucher une retraite
To receive a pension
Un retraité
A pensioner
An old age pensioner
A retiree
An OAP
Prendre sa retraite
To retire
La retraite
Retirement
L’âge de la retraite
Retirement age
Les retraités
Retired people
Un fonds de pension
A pension fund
Une population vieillissante
An ageing population
Les personnes âgées
The elderly
How many Britain are over 65s today?
8.3 million
How many Britain may be over 65s in 2025?
11.4 million
Bouleversement
Shift
