The Luxembourg social security scheme is divided into various branches: sickness and maternity, long-term care, old-age, invalidity, survivors, family benefits, accidents at work, occupational illnesses and unemployment.

The CNS is in charge of sickness, maternity and long-term care insurances. The CNS is competent for all private-sector insureds (salaried and non-salaried such as the self-employed) as well as for public-sector workers.

The CNS is especially in charge of:

• Health and maternity insurance
  • Benefits in kind: coverage of health care (consultations, medical care, hospitalisation, medications…) and (prior) authorisation, if necessary
  • Cash benefits: payment of cash benefits (replacement income) in case of prolonged incapacity for work or maternity
  • Co-insurances and international forms: insuring dependent family members and providing forms for health care abroad (for cross-border workers, scheduled authorised treatments abroad…)
• Long-term care insurance
  • Receiving application forms for assessment
  • Benefits in kind: coverage of acts and services provided by professionals from a care and assistance network; nursing home etc.
  • Cash benefits: if a person lives at home and is cared for by a friend or relative, the benefits in kind may be replaced up to a point by cash benefits

More information: http://www.cns.lu/