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The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pribado) [4] is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.
The GSIS was the first government agency in the Philippines to adopt the Unified Multi-Purpose ID System, "which aims to streamline and harmonize the identification systems of all government agencies and government-owned and controlled corporations through the use of a unified multi-purpose ID". [8]
The administration of the Medicare program was transferred to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation in 1995, but the SSS has continued to provide EC benefits to members. Also under Teodoro’s leadership, the SSS started granting funeral and maternity benefits and survivors and dependents pension in the 1970s.
Data source: Social Security Administration. As shown above, CPI-E inflation averaged 3.4% through the first eight months of 2024. That is three-tenths of a percent above the average CPI-W reading.
More than 51 million retired workers received a Social Security check in August 2024, and most depend on those monthly benefits to make ends meet. Indeed, nearly 90% of retired workers view Social ...
Next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will likely be lower than the increase seniors enjoyed in 2024, according to new estimates, as inflation continues to abate.
The unemployment benefit of the SSS also covers the kasambahay (housemaids) as well as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs; Filipino migrant workers).Claimants should have made 36 monthly contributions to the SSS, 12 months of which should be in the 18-month period immediately preceding the month of involuntary separation.
Inflation has certainly cooled off from its 2022 peak, but it isn't gone. As a result, Social Security beneficiaries can expect a significant cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to increase their ...