On the 21st, the government will hold ministerial negotiations between Minister of Finance Suzuki and each minister in the preparation of the budget proposal for next fiscal year and fiscal 2023, and proceed with final adjustments regarding individual items that have not yet been finalized.
Of these, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato will make adjustments over the revision of the price of medicines among the medical fees paid to medical institutions.
It is expected that the specific amount of reduction for 48% of the items that have already been decided to be reduced will be discussed, and the amount of reduction in overall medical expenses will be confirmed.
With Mr. Ogura, the minister in charge of the declining birthrate, in order to solve the labor shortage at childcare sites, we will coordinate to expand subsidies from the next fiscal year so that daycare centers that take care of a large number of children that are difficult for nursery teachers to supervise can hire additional nursery teachers. To do.
In addition, with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura, we are finalizing the initial budget for the issuance amount of the government bond "GX Economic Transition Bond" to be newly issued from next fiscal year to encourage investment in decarbonization by about 500 billion yen. Have a discussion.
Furthermore, with Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto, we are expected to coordinate the amount of local allocation tax grants from the national government to about 18.4 trillion yen, which is about 300 billion yen higher than this year.
The government plans to make a cabinet decision on the next fiscal year's budget on the 23rd, based on ministerial negotiations between Finance Minister Suzuki and each minister.