Abandonment of resumption of pregnant women To examine the introduction of a new system
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare abandoned the resumption of the “pregnant woman addition” that was frozen, and decided to consider introducing a new mechanism to replace it.
“Pregnant woman addition” was introduced in April last year, so that when a pregnant person visits a medical institution, he or she pays part of the medical expenses and pays part of it.
However, criticism has continued for a period of time, and it has been frozen since January. It is against the idea of supporting the child-rearing of society as a whole.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been studying whether to resume in line with the revision of medical fees next year, but decided to give up resuming it because it could not be understood in the same way as before.
On the other hand, a new mechanism to pay medical fees to the hospital only when the patient's consent is obtained and information on treatment is shared between medical institutions, with the care of pregnant women requiring more careful consideration than usual. We decided to consider the introduction of.
In addition, we plan to incorporate necessary expenses into the budget plan for the next fiscal year in order to establish a contact point for training for doctors other than the obstetrics and gynecology department and treatment policies for pregnant women.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will soon present these proposals to the Chuikyo / Central Social Insurance Medical Council.