Inadequate Pensions for Older People in Hungary: Rising Poverty and Barriers to Adequate Food, Medicine, Energy
Human Rights Watch reports that the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people's rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, including access to sufficient food, medicine, and energy. The rise in poverty among older people highlights longstanding structural problems with the Hungarian pension and social security system, such as a flawed pension indexation method and inadequate minimum pensions.
The Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, including access to sufficient food, medicine, and energy.
The rise in poverty among older people, which became evident during sharp inflation in 2022 and 2023, highlights longstanding structural problems with the Hungarian pension and social security system.
Hungary should raise the lowest pensions to reduce pension inequality and guarantee the rights of all older people in the country to social security and to an adequate standard of living.
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