Social security, also known as social security, is a program of medical, economic and nutritional protection that allows individuals, in the event of losing their stable income, to receive all the benefits concerning these aspects. It is closely related to social well-being, the series of factors that, in conjunction, would help in the spiritual and physical fulfillment of a person and social policies, which are elaborated from studies and the elaboration of theories corresponding to the development of the social sectors, in order to intervene, at the state level, in the inequalities that exist, ensuring the existence of social insurance.
Social security has its origin in Germany, during the 19th century, with the so-called "Law on sickness insurance". However, it did not begin to be known with that name until 195, when the Social Security Act was implemented in the United States; From this, the concept is expanded thanks to Sir William Beveridge, in the Social Insurance and Allied Services Report of 1942.
Depending on the laws of each country, social security can acquire different characteristics. Most countries grant pensions to people who are unemployed or who cannot work safely (such as the elderly and the disabled) as well as those who are in sensitive civil situations, such as widowhood and orphanhood; Some even offer insurance for those families that have lost the person who had a stable income, that is, the breadwinner, in addition to women who are in the earliest motherhood.
