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Russianmusicandlove
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Welfare?

Post by Russianmusicandlove » Tue May 13, 2008 4:21 am

How does welfare work in Finland? I'd love to know anything about it, since I know virtually nothing. Thanks! :)

*note* I'm not trying to immigrate and live off the government- I'm just curious about an acquaintance of mine I don't believe is up to sharing her experience, as it is personal.


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Re: Welfare?

Post by smilesalot » Tue May 13, 2008 7:53 am

Your question is to broad and general. Basically a Finnish citizen goes to social welfare and Kela fills out the forms, then the government officials determine if the person qualifies or doesn't. Of course there is a 1001 different variants on this. But since this is a general question there is your general answer. You can of course to to Keli.fi to see the diffrent variants.

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Re: Welfare?

Post by Hank W. » Tue May 13, 2008 9:59 am

http://www.kela.fi => english ;)
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Re: Welfare?

Post by EP » Tue May 13, 2008 12:25 pm

How does welfare work in Finland?
According to newspaper articles last week: worse than in any other Nordic country. And worse than in most of EU.
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