Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Ishin Proposes Macroeconomic Indexing for Healthcare as LDP Talks Resume
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin) on March 19 resumed their bilateral talks on social security reform after a three-month hiatus, with Ishin proposing the introduction of a so-called macroeconomic indexing mechanism for healthcare spending.…
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