Considering the debate generated by healthcare reform in the United States and the gradual withdrawal of the French state from public-funded social action, one might think that social protection is an endangered idea.
Kwa kuzingatia mjadala ulioanzishwa na Marekebisho ya sera ya huduma za afya ya jamii nchini Marekani na kujiondoa taratibu kwa nchi ya Ufaransa kutoka kwenye mipango ya jamii inayoendeshwa kwa kodi za wananchi, mtu anaweza kudhani kwamba hifadhi ya jamii ni dhana inayoanza kupitwa na wakati.