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May 28, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Sickness_benefits":
Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report
Business & Money: 21 May 12
Sweden's historically generous social safety net isn't as robust as it once was, according to a new report, which reveals Sweden has fallen below the average for many other developed countries when it comes to various types of social insurance.
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Patient blackmails doc after affair turns sour
Business & Money: 15 May 12
A doctor in southern Sweden has reported a woman to the police after she blackmailed him for over one million kronor ($149,059) following their love affair.
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Whiplash-injured Swede loads crates of drink
Business & Money: 15 Mar 12
When officers did a spot check at a customs ferry control in southern Sweden, they found more than thirty people on some form of sickness or parental leave benefits, returning from an alcohol run to Germany.
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Agency to cancer victim: 'go to social services'
Science & Technology: 6 Feb 12
A young Swedish mother, recently diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, was told by the National Social Insurance Agency that she was not eligible for sickness benefits.
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Swede acquitted over Greece 'fake rape' claim
National: 8 Dec 11
A Swedish woman accused of making false rape accusations while on holiday in Greece was acquitted of defamation charges on Thursday by a Greek court.
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Man on sick pay ran ‘rolling’ alcohol shop
Business & Money: 18 Nov 11
Sweden's social insurance agency is demanding that a man, convicted of selling alcohol from the back of his van, pay back the full sickness benefits he received during the time he was running his bootleg operation.
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Long-term unemployed tapped for Swedish cultural preservation bid
Business & Money: 13 Sep 11
The government has proposed utlising thousands of Swedes with diminished work capacity due to illness or disability in a new effort to help preserve Sweden's cultural heritage.
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Government loses sick pay vote by slim margin
Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Swedish government suffered another setback in the Riksdag on Friday, when the Sweden Democrats voted with the centre-left opposition parties to force through its proposal by a single vote.
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Government faces new health insurance setback
Politics: 9 Jun 11
The government is expected to face a new defeat in the Riksdag on Thursday after the far-right Sweden Democrats said they will side with the centre-left opposition's proposed reforms to Sweden's public health insurance system.
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Labour market divides Swedish budget debate
Politics: 13 Apr 11
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg emphasised falling unemployment figures in the budget debate in the Riksdag on Wednesday, while the Social Democrats argued that Sweden was suffering from "mass unemployment".
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Government in new bid to fix health insurance
Politics: 11 Apr 11
The Swedish government has proposed a number of changes to its reforms of the country's health insurance system, admitting its current efforts have left some people in a jam.
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'Abolish Sweden's monarchy': Juholt
Politics: 11 Apr 11
Newly installed Social Democratic party leader Håkan Juholt thinks Sweden's monarchy should be abolished and that the country's wealth tax should be reinstated.
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More Swedes appeal sickness benefits denials
Society: 7 Mar 11
An increasing number of Swedes are appealing benefits claims that have been denied by the country's social insurance agency.
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'Chlamydia blog' mum regains sick benefits
National: 29 Nov 10
Annica Holmquist, whose daughter highlighted her plight battling the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on her blog ahead of the Swedish general election in September, has regained her right to receive sickness benefits.
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Court affirms pregnancy can be an 'illness'
Science & Technology: 30 Sep 10
A landmark court ruling in which four women showed that Sweden’s National Social Insurance Agency discriminated against them by denying them sick benefits during their pregnancies has been upheld on appeal.
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Reinfeldt rocked by 'chlamydia letter'
National: 19 Sep 10
Sweden's government came under fire this week for its sick leave reforms after the Chlamydia Letter blogger (pictured) told the story of her 55-year-old mother who had her benefits withdrawn despite suffering from a rare disfigurement syndrome.
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Introducing the Left
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Left Party, bidding to assume power within the centre-left Red-Green coalition.
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Borg: Strong economic recovery continues
Business & Money: 8 Sep 10
Sweden appears to be making a spectacular recovery from the deep recession its export-reliant economy experienced during the global financial crisis.
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Sweden wants refund for Hells Angel's backache
National: 7 Aug 10
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency has ordered a local Hells Angels leader to pay back more than one million kronor in sickness benefits after he committed crimes that would not have been possible if his purported back pains were real.
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Billions in benefits paid out in error
National: 8 Mar 10
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) estimates that it paid out 16.4 billion kronor ($2.3 billion) too much in various benefits in 2009, according to a new report.
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Record year in hunt for benefit cheats: agency
Business & Money: 22 Feb 10
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency has reported a record year in its hunt for benefit cheats, reclaiming 930 million kronor ($130 million) in stolen and saved benefits.
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Government closes voter gap: poll
Politics: 29 Jan 10
Sweden's ruling centre-right alliance has increased its pulling power among voters to take a 45.7 percent share according to a new poll. But the left-green opposition still maintains its lead with 48.6 percent.
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Sick leave dominates first election year debate
Politics: 20 Jan 10
Sweden's two political blocs each set out their stalls on Wednesday in the first parliamentary debate of 2010, with sickness benefits proving the main bone of contention.
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New sick leave rules get Swedes back to work
Business & Money: 14 Jan 10
Swedes spent less time on long-term sick leave and more returned to work as a result of new sick leave rules introduced in 2008, according to a new report.
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Saab closure sad but expected: Swedish media
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Dec 09
Weighing in over the weekend about the closure of Saab auto manufacturer, the Swedish media expressed regret but not surprise over General Motor's decision to wind down its Swedish operations.
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Opposition poll lead 'very worrying': Reinfeldt
Politics: 14 Dec 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has admitted he is concerned by poll results showing the opposition in a commanding lead over the centre-right coalition government.
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Opposition extends poll lead to achieve majority
Politics: 13 Dec 09
Sweden’s three left-green opposition political parties have enough voter support to form their own majority, according to a new poll, which also shows the far-right Sweden Democrats with enough support to gain a spot in the Riksdag.
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Riksdag sets tougher limits for sick benefits
Business & Money: 10 Dec 09
The Swedish parliament on Wednesday passed controversial new limits on sickness benefits designed to get more people back into the workforce.
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Sick pay switch may leave 17,000 penniless
Politics: 7 Dec 09
Around 17,000 people set to lose their sickness benefits at the end of the year may be left with empty pockets as Sweden's unemployment insurance funds struggle to keep up with a backlog of cases during the transition.
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Five percent of Swedes on sickness benefits
Business & Money: 18 Nov 09
Nearly one in ten Swedes in their forties is currently receiving some type of benefit due to illness or disability, according to a new report. In all, some 530,000 people are receiving sickness benefits.
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Thousands lose out on sickness benefits
National: 12 Sep 09
Almost 4,400 Swedes lost their right to sickness benefits in the first half of 2009 as the Social Insurance Agency (Forsäkringskassan) tightened its regulations.
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Sweden pledges billions to tackle sick leave lists
Business & Money: 4 Sep 09
The Swedish government has announced the allocation of 17 billion kronor ($2.36 billion) in the autumn budget for initiatives to prepare the long-term sick for the workplace.
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Sex chat woman loses sickness benefits
Society: 19 Jul 09
A Malmö woman has been ordered to repay 18,000 kronor ($2,300) by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Forsäkringskassan) for sickness benefits received while working on a phone sex chat line.
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Insurance agency staff facing more threats
National: 16 May 09
The number of threats against employees of the Swedish Social Insurance Office is growing, according to the authority's head of security.
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Hells Angels leader loses sickness benefits
National: 22 Mar 09
A prominent Swedish member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang will have to survive without the sickness benefits he has been receiving for the past 10 years as he was shown to have hidden income sources.
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Greens demand interest on late social security payments
Politics: 27 Jan 09
The Green Party has demanded that the Swedish Social Insurance Agency pay interest on late payments as parliament prepares to debate the agency's performance on Tuesday.
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Widespread benefit fraud among career criminals
National: 6 Dec 08
Thirteen career criminals have been reported to the police for serious benefit fraud as the social insurance agency targets widespread abuse of the system among criminal gangs.
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Swedish multinationals pamper employees to keep them fit
Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
High-tech gyms, free breakfasts, and programmes to help people lose weight or stop smoking: modern Swedish companies pamper their employees in a bid to combat one of Europe's highest absenteeism rates, writes AFP's Delphine Touitou.
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Sweden's welfare state 'alive and kicking'
Lifestyle: 6 Apr 08
The sale of Absolut vodka was the latest in a wave of liberal reforms by Sweden's centre-right government. But AFP's Pia Ohlin finds that, despite privatizations and new tax laws, Sweden is still very much a welfare state.
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'One million Swedes' dependent on state handouts
Society: 28 Aug 07
New figures from Statistics Sweden show that the Swedish state paid out enough welfare benefits last year to fully subsidize over one million people.
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Tougher for Swedes to adopt from China
Society: 27 Dec 06
Last year Swedes adopted 350 children from China. But new rules preventing unmarried couples, obese people or those on long-term sick leave from adopting could dramatically reduce that number in 2007.
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Borg: unions will alienate their members
Politics: 23 Nov 06
Union opposition to the government's proposals to cut taxes and benefits will alienate their members, finance minister Anders Borg has said. Wage earners stand to earn up to 1,000 kronor a month from the reforms.
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Sick benefits to be curtailed
Society: 10 Nov 06
Sweden has more people living on sick benefits than any other country. A new report says that people who have been off work sick for a year should be classed as unemployed.
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Benefit cheats 'owe state 1 billion'
Society: 22 Sep 06
People who make fraudulent claims for sickness benefits cheat the taxpayer out of a billion kronor a year, according to the Swedish Social Insurance Administration.
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Alliance manifesto targets jobs and environment
Politics: 23 Aug 06
After overnight negotiations, Sweden's opposition Alliance presents its election mainfesto. The key goals are to slash unemployment and clean up the environment.
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One in five Swedish homes depends on benefits
Society: 30 May 06
One in five Swedish households are dependent on government financial support, according to Statistics Sweden. One third of Swedes of working age received some kind of state support in 2004.
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New Swedish party to target healthcare reform
Politics: 4 Dec 05
Euro-sceptics have the June List and feminists have the Feminist Initiative. The latest group to declare its intention to stand at the election in September 2006 is the Healthcare Party.
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Opposition leaders edge towards tax agreement
Politics: 30 Aug 05
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund is supplying the coffee and cakes as the heads of the opposition conservative parties gather to bash out a unified policy on income tax reform.
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Boosts for Social Democrats and "new Moderates"
Politics: 26 Aug 05
For the first time in months support for the ruling Social Democrats increases. But at the same time voters are impressed by the Moderates' new, more moderate, image.
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Persson attacks Moderates on sick pay
Politics: 23 Aug 05
Speaking in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, Prime Minister Göran Persson says that the opposition parties are divided on the critical sick pay issue and that his main rival for the top job at the 2006 election, Fredrik Reinfeldt, has lost the debate.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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