{"title":"Sustainability of Healthcare Finance and Proposals for Reform Following COVID-19","authors":"Kazumasa Oguro","doi":"10.4091/IKEN.31-87","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The\u0007government\u0007decided\u0007to\u0007increase\u0007the\u0007co-payment\u0007for\u0007medical\u0007expenses\u0007for\u0007the\u0007 elderly\u0007aged\u000775\u0007and\u0007over.\u0007While\u0007this\u0007political\u0007decision\u0007is\u0007the\u0007first\u0007step\u0007toward\u0007 increasing\u0007the\u0007financial\u0007sustainability\u0007of\u0007public\u0007medical\u0007insurance,\u0007the\u0007effect\u0007of\u0007the\u0007 reform\u0007will\u0007be\u0007limited.\u0007In\u0007order\u0007to\u0007maintain\u0007the\u0007basic\u0007role\u0007of\u0007public\u0007medical\u0007insurance\u0007 and\u0007increase\u0007the\u0007sustainability\u0007of\u0007medical\u0007finance,\u0007referring\u0007to\u0007the\u0007macroeconomic\u0007 index\u0007slide\u0007introduced\u0007in\u0007the\u0007reform\u0007of\u0007public\u0007pension,\u0007it\u0007is\u0007worth\u0007considering\u0007the\u0007 introduction\u0007of\u0007an\u0007automatic\u0007adjustment\u0007mechanism\u0007in\u0007the\u0007medical\u0007fee\u0007system\u0007for\u0007the\u0007 elderly\u0007aged\u000775\u0007or\u0007over.","PeriodicalId":117299,"journal":{"name":"Iryo To Shakai","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Iryo To Shakai","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4091/IKEN.31-87","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}