Over the past few years, following Mr. Truman's pension system reform, the country had now gone through healthcare system reform as well.
The two most important sectors of the Social Security System had been changed beyond recognition, which had also caused Family Workshops to start facing certain problems.
First, the reform of the pension system required businesses and the government to jointly shoulder responsibility for their employees' retirement, with the government bearing a little less and businesses bearing a little more.
This reform was clearly excellent for people with formal jobs, because their retirement would be properly and effectively secured after they retired.
But for people without formal jobs, such as those working in Family Workshops, it was extremely unfriendly.
Because there was no business to take on the portion of their Pension Responsibility that originally belonged to businesses, relying solely on government pensions meant that even after they had paid in for the required number of years, they would only be guaranteed enough not to starve to death.
If they wanted to eat their fill, or even have money for other things, such as helping others or pursuing a hobby, that was obviously unlikely.
If Family Workshops could barely hold on in this area, after all, piecework allowed them to earn more money within a limited amount of time, and even people in their sixties could still work and earn money.
Then the healthcare reform left them utterly helpless.
In theory, even if they did not pay for Medical Insurance now, they could still enjoy the services that previously required them to pay for Medical Insurance.
The problem was that better Medical Security Services were now available, but because no company employing them had opened accounts for them or paid the fees, it was difficult for them to enjoy