The proper payment of insurance contributions ensures eligibility for most National Insurance benefits. All Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying. s aged 18 and older must, under law, be covered with the National Insurance Institute and pay insurance contributions, besides:
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housewife (a woman married to an insured and who does hot work outside her household)
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a person who immigrated to Israel and became a resident for the first time past a
certain age prescribed by law.
Payment of national and health insurance contributions is calculated in accordance with level of work and non-work income of the insured, and also in accordance with the
status of the insured.