Saturday, May 30, 2015

#JAPAN: Gov't Approves Funding Plan To Deal With Rapidly Aging Population

[world politics news]


Lawmakers have approved health care reforms to address the rising costs of elderly care, with increased cost-sharing by high-income workers and prefectures taking over the running of loss-making public insurance bodies from municipalities. Japan funds medical costs with a mix of disbursements from public health care plans, tax revenues and payments by patients.

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