Social security should act as a collective insurance system that intervenes to prevent people from falling into poverty because they are unable to work for any reason (whether due to illness, disability, caring commitments, loss of employment, old age or so on), or because they need additional support to make ends meet because their incomes do not cover their basic living costs.
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