Regarding support for infertility treatment, Prime Minister Suga met with executives of the Liberal Democratic Party Parliamentary League and received a proposal to raise the amount of subsidy per treatment up to 400,000 yen, but "top priority" I will work on it. "
As a measure until the expansion of infertility treatment insurance coverage is realized, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare currently limits the amount of subsidy to 300,000 yen only for the first time and 150,000 yen for the second and subsequent times. We have summarized the policy to raise it to 300,000 yen.
Regarding this, an executive of the Liberal Democratic Party Parliamentary League, which aims to expand support for infertility treatment, met with Prime Minister Suga at the Prime Minister's Office on the morning of the 4th, further expanding the range of increase, and from the first to the third time it is 400,000 yen. I handed over a suggestion to raise it to.
In response, Prime Minister Suga responded, "We have received many welcome voices for infertility treatment support. We will give top priority to it."
Acting Secretary-General Seiko Noda, who is an executive of the Parliamentary League, told reporters, "First of all, it is certain that we will significantly expand the subsidy. We will do our best as a Parliamentary League to firmly design the insurance coverage system." I did.