Proposal for reviewing the long-term care insurance system Out-of-pocket upper limit Increase according to annual income December 27 19:15
In response to the rapidly aging population, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's expert panel has drafted a plan for revising the long-term care insurance system, including raising the maximum amount of copayment for long-term care services according to annual income.
As the aging population continues to increase the cost of nursing care, the expert panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has considered raising the burden on users by reforming the nursing care insurance system once every three years, and has drafted a revised plan on the 27th.
According to this, the maximum amount of self-pay for nursing care services, which is currently 44,400 yen per household per month, will be raised according to annual income.
Specifically, if the annual income is more than 7.7 million yen, the monthly raise will be 93,000 yen, and if the annual income is more than 11.6 million yen, the monthly raise will be 140,100 yen. In addition, this is a system for low-income people to subsidize living and food expenses when using nursing care facilities. It is said that 22,000 yen will be added.
On the other hand, at present, we have discussed whether to increase the number of people who will bear 20% or 30% of the self-pay, which is in principle 10%, according to their income. Is necessary. "
In addition, the government plans to forego paying for the creation of care plans and shifting the life support services for those requiring nursing care 1 and 2 from the government to municipal businesses. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare aims to implement the revised plan from FY2021.