Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers

Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
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Agency overview
Formed1959
JurisdictionFederal government of Mexico
HeadquartersPlaza de la República No 148, Col. Tabacalera, México City
Agency executive
Parent agencySecretariat of Health
Websitewww.issste.gob.mx/
Central offices of ISSSTE in Mexico City.

The Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers or Civil Service Social Security and Services Institute (Spanish: Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, ISSSTE)[1] is a federal agency in Mexico that administers part of Mexico's health care and social security systems for federal government workers.

Unlike the Mexican Social Security Institute (or IMSS), which covers workers in the private sector, the ISSSTE is charged with providing benefits for federal government workers only.[2] The ISSSTE provides assistance in cases of disability, old age, early retirement, and death (or IVCM, for invalidez, vejez, cesantía en edad avanzada, y muerte) to federal workers. Together with the IMSS, the ISSSTE provides health coverage for between 55 and 60 percent of the population of Mexico.[3]

  1. ^ Also sometimes rendered in English as the "State Workers Social Security Institute"
  2. ^ Gerson, Philip R.; Cuevas, Alfredo (1997). Pension Regimes and Saving. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. pp. appendix III. ISBN 1-55775-640-6.
  3. ^ Purcell, Susan Kaufman; Rubio-Freidberg, Luis (1998). Mexico Under Zedillo. Lynne Reinner Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 1-55587-315-4.