AMO: 600,000 contributors who are not entitled to reimbursement!
23 June 2011
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They work as seasonal workers in canning, agriculture and construction. They do not total the 54 continuous days of contributions required by law. The proposed solution is to align them with fishermen.
Surprising! 600,000 seasonal workers contributing to the mandatory health insurance (AMO) cannot benefit from basic medical coverage. This is one of the umpteenth dysfunctions that bias the system. Indeed, law 65-00 regulating basic medical coverage stipulates that to have rights opened, the AMO insured person must total fifty-four days of continuous contributions over a period of six months preceding the illness. However, the 600,000 seasonal workers do not and can never, due to the specificity of their activities, fulfill this condition of law 65-00. Employed, for the most part, in the construction, agricultural and canning sectors, they work on average four months a year, but rarely 54 continuous days (excluding public holidays) and contribute at the normal AMO rate. This population receives a salary ranging from 1,000 to 1,400 DH. Several complaints have been made by employers, and in particular canneries, to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) to denounce the aberration of the situation, but this would require changing the law, therefore going through Parliament.
The problem will be examined by an internal CNSS commission
In this perspective, solutions are not lacking. The idea put forward by AMO professionals is to put in place, as has been done for fishermen, a specific scheme for these temporary workers. Indeed, the specific contribution rate set for fishermen is 1.2% of the gross proceeds from the sale of fish caught on trawlers or 1.5% of the sales of fish caught by sardine and longline fishing boats.
Today, the 600,000 seasonal workers are subject to the normal contribution rate of 4%, of which 2% is borne by them and 2% by the employer. For trade unions, it is absurd to maintain a system that penalizes this category of insured persons from whom contributions are levied without counterpart. At the CNSS, for the moment, the restructuring of the contribution of seasonal workers is not on the agenda. According to union sources, "this issue must be examined by the internal CNSS commission, which is considering raising the capped salary, in order to correct this great injustice". A solution, it continues in the union environment, "must be found quickly to allow the smooth functioning of the AMO scheme, which is entering its fifth year and which still presents significant imperfections".
Published on June 23, 2011
Posted online June 25, 2011
Lavieeco.com
Surprising! 600,000 seasonal workers contributing to the mandatory health insurance (AMO) cannot benefit from basic medical coverage. This is one of the umpteenth dysfunctions that bias the system. Indeed, law 65-00 regulating basic medical coverage stipulates that to have rights opened, the AMO insured person must total fifty-four days of continuous contributions over a period of six months preceding the illness. However, the 600,000 seasonal workers do not and can never, due to the specificity of their activities, fulfill this condition of law 65-00. Employed, for the most part, in the construction, agricultural and canning sectors, they work on average four months a year, but rarely 54 continuous days (excluding public holidays) and contribute at the normal AMO rate. This population receives a salary ranging from 1,000 to 1,400 DH. Several complaints have been made by employers, and in particular canneries, to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) to denounce the aberration of the situation, but this would require changing the law, therefore going through Parliament.
The problem will be examined by an internal CNSS commission
In this perspective, solutions are not lacking. The idea put forward by AMO professionals is to put in place, as has been done for fishermen, a specific scheme for these temporary workers. Indeed, the specific contribution rate set for fishermen is 1.2% of the gross proceeds from the sale of fish caught on trawlers or 1.5% of the sales of fish caught by sardine and longline fishing boats.
Today, the 600,000 seasonal workers are subject to the normal contribution rate of 4%, of which 2% is borne by them and 2% by the employer. For trade unions, it is absurd to maintain a system that penalizes this category of insured persons from whom contributions are levied without counterpart. At the CNSS, for the moment, the restructuring of the contribution of seasonal workers is not on the agenda. According to union sources, "this issue must be examined by the internal CNSS commission, which is considering raising the capped salary, in order to correct this great injustice". A solution, it continues in the union environment, "must be found quickly to allow the smooth functioning of the AMO scheme, which is entering its fifth year and which still presents significant imperfections".
Published on June 23, 2011
Posted online June 25, 2011
Lavieeco.com
