Increasing per capita treatment of retirees/allocating welfare subsidy for minimum wage earners

According to the social welfare group of Fars news agency, Hossein Amarian, the CEO of the pension fund, in a public meeting with the pensioners of the fund in the meeting hall of the Eastern Alborz Coal Company in Shahrood, mentioned the issue of pensioners’ treatment and said: Our pensioners are at an age where they need medical support and The issue of treatment is their concern, that’s why we increased the per capita treatment of those steel pensioners that the fund is supporting by about 100%, which is unprecedented in the country and compared to other funds.

He added: Last year, the per capita treatment of each pensioner of the fund was about 270 thousand tomans, and this year, this number has increased by about 100% to 500 thousand tomans, while we have increased the per capita nursing services by 50% and the hearing aid per capita by two times.

Referring to the special monitoring and sensitivity of the fund regarding the medical services of retirees in the contract with the insurance company, Amirian stated: For the well-being of retirees, we removed the treatment deductible, which is a common issue in all health insurances, and for terminally ill patients, we also provided support We considered a special

Referring to the issue of welfare, he said: In the past years, the main demands of the retirees were in two issues, assimilation and treatment, and welfare was not an issue of inclusion in their demands. For the first time, we have included a separate heading for welfare in the budget of the fund, and we are planning to consider subsidizing welfare for pensioners who receive lower salaries.

Amerian continued: Of course, the issue of welfare is not only limited to travel and has different dimensions, one of which is honoring retirees. The conferences we organized were aimed at honoring the retirees.

The CEO of Foulad Pension Fund said: Although we have increased the loan amount and the number of borrowers in the current period, we have planned to increase the loan amount and the number of borrowers again.

With special thanks to the efforts of Babakhani, the former deputy technical and insurance operations of the fund, and praising the jihadist and revolutionary spirit of the head of this deputy, Afrasiabi, as well as Jorjani, the head of Shahrood pension affairs, he said: We hope that your good prayers will always be a helper for our colleagues and we We can take more effective steps to serve you.

It should be mentioned that in this meeting, a number of retired steel workers, while appreciating and thanking the fund CEO’s visit to Shahrood, expressed their problems, especially in the field of treatment and rights.

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