The settlement of accounts for the first year of the Reiwa of "National Health Insurance", which self-employed people join, has been finalized, and due to the decrease in the number of subscribers, premium income has decreased for the sixth consecutive year, and the actual balance has become a deficit of 93.6 billion yen. I did.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled the financial results for the first year of Reiwa of the National Health Insurance, which is operated by prefectures and municipalities and is subscribed to by self-employed people.
According to this, the number of subscribers was 26.6 million, a decrease of 920,000 from the previous year, and along with this, premium income decreased by 74.7 billion yen to 2.596 trillion yen, a decrease for the sixth consecutive year.
On the other hand, insurance benefit expenses also decreased by 61.3 billion yen from the previous fiscal year to 8,735.3 billion yen due to a decrease in the number of subscribers.
The actual balance of payments, including expenditures from the national and prefectural governments, was a deficit of 93.6 billion yen. It turned into a deficit.
While the average income of the members of the National Health Insurance is low, the age structure is high and the per capita benefits are high, so a chronic deficit is an issue.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "In the financial results for the second year of Reiwa, there is a possibility that the spread of the new coronavirus infection will appear, so we would like to pay more attention to the financial situation than usual."