The complexity of the modern french social insurance system

Abstract

The general social insurance system applies to employed persons and includes five branches, which become autonomous since 1967: health insurance (including maternity, disability and death risk), accidents at work and occupational diseases insurance, old-age insurance, family insurance, and the collection of social security contributions. Special social insurance systems are applied to the professional groups or to the company’s professional funds. The analyse of autonomous advocate’s social insurance system is presented in this article, because the principle of independence of advocacy institute is introduced in French legislation. In France we could identify the classical approach, that an advocate is independent profession, having a legal procedural independence and advocacy institute is autonomous. As conclusion we could note, that financial problems can not be solved only by reducing the coverage of social security and it must be accompanied by institutional reforms, providing employment and higher labour market activation measures, as well to increase the competitiveness of companies and the financial sustainability of the state budget.