• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Diversity & Corrections Policy
  • DMCA
  • Editorial Policy
  • Ethics Policy & Mission
  • Ownership & Funding Information
  • Privacy Policy
  • Reader Engagement & Feedback Policy
  • Terms and Condition
  • Terms Of Service
  • Verification and Fact-Checking Policy
Friday, August 12, 2022
Get News Post
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
Get News Post
No Result
View All Result

Japan health ministry to seek more funds for fertility treatment

Nathan Hale by Nathan Hale
November 14, 2021
in News
0
Japan health ministry to seek more funds for fertility treatment

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday it will seek additional funding from the government to boost subsidies for couples taking infertility treatment in its budget request for fiscal 2021.

The ministry earmarked ¥15.1 billion in such spending in the initial budget for fiscal 2020. The ministry will soon decide how much it will demand for the new year from April.

The ministry said it plans to seek a record ¥32.99 trillion in its general-account budget request for fiscal 2021, up by ¥3.4 billion from the previous year’s initial budget.

On Friday, the ministry briefed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Health, Labor and Welfare Division on the budget request.

Meanwhile, the ministry did not specify the amounts of its funding requests for many measures to fight the novel coronavirus. It plans to decide the amounts during the budget compilation process.

Of the total request, the ministry plans to use ¥12.46 trillion for operating the public pension system, ¥11.86 trillion for covering health insurance-related expenses, ¥3.23 trillion for nursing care services and ¥2.82 trillion for running the welfare benefit system.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to cover infertility treatment with public insurance as early as possible, as one of the measures to remedy the low birthrate.

Before achieving insurance coverage, the ministry plans to use the fiscal 2021 budget to expand the existing financial aid program for infertility treatment.

To finance measures to tackle the new coronavirus crisis, the ministry has been using reserve funds for fiscal 2020. It will work out a specific amount needed for such measures in fiscal 2021 by the end of this year while monitoring the infection situation.

The ministry will call for funding to establish facilities to conduct polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for coronavirus infection and create a system to administer coronavirus vaccines to citizens.

The budget request will also include ¥3.1 billion in costs to promote teleworking and continue providing employment adjustment subsidies, provided to companies with paid leave allowances amid the virus crisis.

Additionally, the ministry will seek ¥3.8 billion in costs to prepare for a plan to introduce the online management of prescriptions, currently printed on paper, in 2022.

RELATED PHOTOS

  • Health minister Norihisa Tamura speaks at a meeting of the ministry's expert panel on COVID-19 in Tokyo on Thursday. | KYODO
    Health minister Norihisa Tamura speaks at a meeting of the ministry’s expert panel on COVID-19 in Tokyo on Thursday. | KYODO
Coronavirus banner

Previous Post

Zayn And Gigi Breakup Confirmed & All Details

Next Post

Electoral College Votes For Presidential Election Winner Confirmed By Trump

Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale

I work here because I want to make a difference, I want to reach out to people to provide them with authentic news. I'm from New York, USA.

Next Post
There Are More Important Things Than A Trump Senate Impeachment Trial That America Has To Worry About

Electoral College Votes For Presidential Election Winner Confirmed By Trump

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Condition

© 2020 Get News Post Pvt Ltd - All Right Reserverd

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Sports

© 2020 Get News Post Pvt Ltd - All Right Reserverd