• The lack of definition and implementation of financial support and coverage programs for addressing the contingency of dependency, could entail significant costs for the labor market and the pension system.
• In the coming decades, the challenge of caring for the dependent elderly and financing their costs will increase in Latin America, due to population ageing and increased life expectancy.
• Protection against this contingency Is a matter that the government must address, by introducing mandatory dependency insurance, for example.

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