The Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers or Civil Service Social Security and Services Institute ( Spanish : Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado , ISSSTE ) is a federal agency in Mexico that administers part of Mexico's health care and social security systems for federal government workers.
6-632: Unlike the Mexican Social Security Institute (or IMSS), which covers workers in the private sector, the ISSSTE is charged with providing benefits for federal government workers only. The ISSSTE provides assistance in cases of disability, old age, early retirement, and death (or IVCM, for invalidez, vejez, cesantía en edad avanzada, y muerte ) to federal workers. Together with the IMSS, the ISSSTE provides health coverage for between 55 and 60 percent of
12-664: Is a governmental organization that assists public health , pensions and social security in Mexico operating under the Secretariat of Health . It also forms an integral part of the Mexican healthcare system. The IMSS was founded by Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho on January 19, 1943 to satisfy the legal precepts established in the Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution . It
18-516: Is constituted by representations of the workers, employers, and the federal government. It is the largest social welfare institution in all Latin America. For some time, however, there have been festering signs of trouble in IMSS, such as serious financial problems that came to a head in early November 2010. The Mexican Social Security law currently in effect, published in the Official Journal of
24-493: The Federation (21 December 1995), is the legislative domain under which the IMSS carries out its operations. Currently the law indicates that Social Security has the following purposes: The law contemplates two domains, an "obligatory" one (funded by individual, employer and state contributions), and a "voluntary" one (aimed at workers in household industries and self-employed professionals). The following items are excluded from
30-578: The population of Mexico. ISSSTE was founded on December 30, 1959 by president Adolfo López Mateos . In addition to ISSSTE, which is exclusive for employees of the federal government, states in Mexico have their own separate health and retirement system for government workers within its own state. For example, the state of Tabasco offers its employees retirement, health, and other similar benefits through an agency called Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de Tabasco , or "ISSET". In September 2020, former director of FOVISSSTE José Reyes Baeza Terrazas
36-523: Was accused of embezzling MXN $ 129 million (US $ 6.14 million) as part of the estafa maestra [ es ] ("master scam") scandal. Like much of Mexico's health care system, the ISSSTE has been the subject of numerous criticisms and allegations, ranging from corruption to a heavy regional bias in favor of major cities with well organized labor unions. Mexican Social Security Institute The Mexican Institute of Social Security ( Spanish : Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social , IMSS )
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