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Chuikyo to Discuss Annual Price Revision Plan in Concert with CEFP: Official
Future agenda items for the introduction of annual price revisions will be discussed by the health ministry’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) in coordination with the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s key advisory…
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