New year pension payment and medical insurance premiums changed April 1, 6:19
From the first day of the new year, pension payments and medical insurance premiums will be changed.
Pensions are raised for two consecutive years as prices and wage levels rose each year last year. However, in order to strengthen the financial base of pensions, a “macroeconomic slide” in which the rate of increase in payments is lower than increases in prices and wages will be implemented, so the growth rate will be reduced by 0.1 points from the original 0.3%. And compressed to 0.2%.
The amount of the national pension is 133 yen, a full 133 yen increase per month, to 65,141 yen, and the welfare pension is 228,724 yen, a monthly increase of 458 yen for a standard couple. On the other hand, the premium for the National Pension increases by ¥ 130 to ¥ 16,540 per month.
In the medical field, the upper limit of the annual premium for National Health Insurance, which self-employed employees join, will be increased by 20,000 yen from the previous year to 820,000 yen. The maximum payment is for single-person households with an annual income of approximately ¥ 11.2 million.
Even in the "Mental Care System for the Elderly Elderly" in which people over the age of 75 join, the upper limit of annual premiums will be raised by 20,000 yen from the previous year to 640,000 yen. It applies to people whose pension income is about ¥ 9.1 million or more.
In addition, due to the revision of medical fees, a system that allows patients without a letter of introduction to add 5,000 yen or more to the consultation fee at the first consultation from large hospitals with 400 beds or more to medium-sized Spread to the hospital.