Social assistance and Social insurance

Social assistance noun - Benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law.

Social insurance and social assistance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Social insurance" instead a noun phrase "Social assistance".

Social insurance noun - Government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue.

Social assistance and social insurance are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Social assistance" with "Social insurance", this phrases are similar.