INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN ROMANIAN SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE POLICIES
INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN ROMANIAN SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE POLICIES

Summary/Abstract: We start from the premise that intergenerational solidarity is the guarantee for economic and social progress, as well as for the dynamic cooperation between the different age groups called to pay an active role in society. One of the questions that rise interest focuses on the way in which intergenerational solidarity is going to be affected by the demographic challenges, taking into account the economic crisis and the fiscal pressure put on the insurance systems taxpayers. In this article we would like to make a critical analysis of the effects the public policies evolution has on intergenerational solidarity, focusing on the Romanian health care and social protection policies. The study documents used encompass European and national documents referring to social protection, with a special focus on the solidarity principle that guides the Romanian health care and social protection systems. A special analysis is dedicated to positive exceptions of social and health care security. The main disadvantage of organizing the two systems on the solidarity principle is generated by the imbalance between generations and between the active and inactive population. The main advantage is represented by the aid offered to vulnerable people and groups. The update of social and health care policies could represent new analysis subjects in future papers.

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