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State Auditor Warns Israel's Long-Term Care Benefits Are Pushing National Insurance Toward Crisis
How 3 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
100% centerFirst reported by Maariv · 5 days ago
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What happened
Israel's State Comptroller says the government badly mismanaged population aging and long-term care benefits, pushing the National Insurance Institute toward insolvency. He blames the 2018 care reform, weak oversight, and years without a permanent director general, and warns that spending could keep rising unless policy changes soon.
- 01Long-term care costs rose from 7 billion to 21 billion shekels annually.
- 02The insolvency date of National Insurance was pulled forward by more than six years.
- 03No government aging strategy or coordinating body exists, the comptroller says.
- 04A permanent National Insurance chief has been missing for 3.5 years.
- 05A joint team will propose cost restraints in about one month.
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People
OrganizationsState Comptroller of Israel, National Insurance Institute, OECD, Ministry of Finance, Shas, TheMarker, Joint Israel
PlacesIsrael
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