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| Formed | January 19, 1943 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Mexico |
| Headquarters | Reforma 476, Col. Juárez,México City |
| Employees | 360,106 (2007) |
| Annual budget | MXN$335 billion (2021) |
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| Parent agency | Secretariat of Health |
| Website | www.imss.gob.mx |
TheMexican Institute of Social Security (Spanish:Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social,IMSS) is agovernmental organization that assistspublic health,pensions andsocial security in Mexico operating under theSecretariat of Health. It also forms an integral part of theMexican healthcare system.
The IMSS was founded byMexican PresidentManuel Ávila Camacho on January 19, 1943 to satisfy the legal precepts established in the Article 123 of theMexican Constitution. It is constituted by representations of the workers, employers, and the federal government.
It is the largest social welfare institution in all Latin America.[citation needed]
For some time, however, there have been festering signs of trouble in IMSS, such as serious financial problems that came to a head in early November 2010.
| officeholder | term in office |
|---|---|
| Vicente Santos Guajardo | 1940–1944 |
| Ignacio García Téllez | 1944–1946 |
| Antonio Díaz Lombardo | 1946–1952 |
| Antonio Ortiz Mena | 1952–1958 |
| Benito Coquet Lagunes | 1958–1964 |
| Sealtiel Alatriste Ábrego | 1964–1966 |
| Ignacio Morones Prieto | 1966–1970 |
| Carlos Gálvez Betancourt | 1970–1975 |
| Jesús Reyes Heroles | 1975–1976 |
| Arsenio Farell Cubillas | 1976–1982 |
| Ricardo García Sainz | 1982–1991 |
| Emilio Gamboa Patrón | 1991–1993 |
| Genaro Borrego Estrada | 1993–2000 |
| Mario Luis Fuentes Alcalá | 2000 |
| Santiago Levy Algazi | 2000–2005 |
| Fernando Flores y Pérez | 2005–2006 |
| Juan Francisco Molinar Horcasitas | 2006–2009 |
| Daniel Karam Toumeh | 2009–2012 |
| José Antonio González Anaya | 2012–2016 |
| Mikel Andoni Arriola Peñalosa | 2016–2017 |
| Tufic Miguel Ortega | 2017–2018 |
| Germán Martínez Cázares | 2018–2019 |
| Zoé Robledo Aburto | 2019– |
The Mexican Social Security law currently in effect, published in theOfficial Journal of the Federation (21 December 1995), is the legislative domain under which the IMSS carries out its operations.
Currently the law indicates that Social Security has the following purposes:
The law contemplates two domains, an "obligatory" one (funded by individual, employer and state contributions), and a "voluntary" one (aimed at workers in household industries and self-employed professionals).
The following items are excluded from the base quoted salary:
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