Currently, around 50% of the population is covered under the family benefit or one of the
non-contributory regimes (see Table 3). People that enjoy the family benefit are
supposedly covered by the contributions of the active members from whom they
economically depend; the coverage of the indigent, formerly financed by the government,
is financed through the Family Entitlement Fund12 since 1994 (CCSS 2008b: 11); and the
non-contributing pensioners are covered by the government. As referred to above, it may
be questionable whether these arrangements are financially sustainable, particularly given
the expected increase in health care demand and health care costs related to demographic
and epidemiological transitions, and advances in health care technology, among other
things.