"Saththaram" highlighted the importance of electing the Social Security Board after the "CARE formula" was approved by the Cabinet, ending the tears of more than 570,000 people. He pointed out this is the result of a study waiting nearly ten years for advancement and revealed a conversation with "Julphan." Tags: [Social Security, CARE formula, Cabinet approval, pension reform, Saththaram, Julphan Amornwiwat]
14 July 2026 GMT+7Tags: [date, timeline] Mr. Saththaram ThammabutsadeeTags: [person, Saththaram Thammabutsadee] A candidate for the Social Security Committee representing insured persons from the Progressive Social Security team posted a message viaTags: [Social Security Committee, candidate, Progressive Social Security]FacebookTags: [social media, Facebook]that todayTags: [] the CARE formula (CARE)Tags: [CARE formula, pension calculation] has passed (read more:Tags: []Cabinet approves the principle of the draft ministerial regulation on the “CARE formula” for calculating Social Security old-age pensionsTags: [Cabinet approval, CARE formula, pension regulation])Tags: [] This ends the tears of over 570,000 people. The Social Security pension formula was designed but unused for more than 15 years.Tags: [Social Security, pension formula, public impact] When applied, many received pensions unfairly, accumulating since 2014 until 2025 with about 70% of pensioners affected, and over 10,000 people dying each year before receiving a fair pension.Tags: [pension unfairness, statistics, Social Security beneficiaries]
Research on this issue has been ongoing by the Social Security Office's research team to raise pension calculation standards. However, insufficient administrative support to communicate publicly left the CARE formula merely a study waiting nearly ten years for advancement. The elected board recognized this problem and began pushing it at the Benefits Subcommittee, chaired by Mr. Thanapong Chueamuangphan from the Progressive Social Security team, with the issue entering the board in early 2025. Yet, it faced obstruction from some uninformed executives before a special subcommittee was formed to review the CARE formula specifically. The insured side sent me and Professor Chanon as representatives, spending about three months bringing the CARE formula to a public hearing. This represents the most widely supported benefit improvement.Tags: [research, Social Security Office, CARE formula, benefit improvement, public hearing]
"Along this journey, I met allies and comrades in politics — Ice-Rakchanok Srinok and Name-Sahatsawat Khumkong, MPs from the People's Party. They used their reputation and lives to follow the people's hardships. We traveled from north to south to build understanding and use facts to dispel various misconceptions. We faced groups trying to downplay the pension formula issue as political, even though people's suffering knows no color or region. We stood firmly to be a crucial voice for those treated unfairly. This is the board's duty; we cannot leave half a million people to fight alone. This is fairness achieved through our modest power. Although the CARE formula passed the board and three ministers, it was Minister Julphan Amornwiwat, who took office three months ago, that finally succeeded." Tags: [political allies, advocacy, pension reform, CARE formula, Julphan Amornwiwat]
Mr. Saththaram further revealed that in a private conversation, he toldTags: [conversation, private] Labor Minister Julphan AmornwiwatTags: [person, Julphan Amornwiwat] thatTags: [] "No one will remember the name Saththaram. Who knows the Social Security Board? The public will remember Julphan, the minister who fixed everything correctly. This isn't about elections; pensioners can't vote for me anymore, but people will remember the government and minister who succeeded in this." Tags: [quote, Julphan Amornwiwat, Social Security] But Julphan replied briefly,Tags: [response, conversation] "I have only been here for three months. The people already know. If we have the power to do the right thing and don't, why be ministers or government? It's not about party or elections; it's about the people's suffering."Tags: [quote, Julphan Amornwiwat, public service]
Mr. Saththaram concluded that the CARE formula represents the ideal of political advocacy: the public suffers, the bureaucracy responds with study, the board pushes forward, and the minister works prioritizing public benefit. He expressed gratitude to many others and could not hold back tears, saying that electing the Social Security Board has restored massive fairness to people. This is tangible proof of why "we must go out and elect the Social Security Board." Tags: [conclusion, CARE formula, political advocacy, Social Security Board, public benefit]