Japan’s plan to reduce benefits under a scheme that subsidizes high-cost healthcare treatments has created conflict between the government and patient groups as the government faces push-back on its efforts to ease the growing financial burden of its universal healthcare program.
Opposition Tempers Cuts To Japan’s High-Cost Healthcare Benefits
Japan's MHLW has decided to tone down planned policy revisions that would have cut benefits under a patient support scheme for high-priced drugs, after resistance from patient groups.
