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According to the surveys, Finnish citizens generally sympathize the implementation of universal basic income: in September 2015, the positive attitude towards basic income was shared by 69 percent of respondents. Since the 1st of January 2017, the Basic Income Experiment, which requires a €560 unconditional monthly payment for 2000 randomly chosen unemployed Finnish citizens, was launched for the 2017-2018 period. The payment is roughtly equal to the average Finnish unemployment benefit, it does not affect the other social security benefits and is being paid on even if a recipient employs. The experiment is organized by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) and supervised by Olli Kangas, the head of its Research Department. On April 2018, the government rejected the call for Basic Income Experiment's extra funding ; the results of the project are will be announced in the end of 2020.

At 2017 year-end, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) provided refunds of medical expenses for 3,764,362 persons and child refunds for 1,003,635 persons as well as 643,153 pensions, 268,537 disability benefits and 286,630 sickness allowances

Due to the end of 2017, Finland has paid out more than €4,491 million of unemployment benefits to 369,100 persons, by so providing financial support for 11% of Finnish population between 18 and 64.

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) is concerned with the reimbursement system for licensed doctors' work. Reimbursements can also cover the part of diagnostics and private-sector healthcare treatments, such as dental services.


 * Kela - the Social Insurance Institution of Finland
 * Kela - the Social Insurance Institution of Finland