In the process of formulating the budget for the next fiscal year (Reiwa 4), the government will hold ministerial negotiations between Minister of Finance Suzuki and each minister on the 22nd, and will proceed with final adjustments on individual items that have not yet been finalized.
Of these,
▽ Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto is expected to make adjustments in the direction of raising the “main body” portion, which is the labor cost and technical fee of doctors, by 0.43% for medical fees paid to medical institutions.
This includes the costs required to increase the income of nurses working at medical institutions that play a certain role in ◇ expanding the insurance coverage for infertility treatment and ◇ responding to the new corona.
In addition,
we will discuss with the Minister in charge of declining birthrate Noda about the cost of raising the income of nursery teachers,
and with the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Suematsu, we will establish a "subject teacher system" that we aim to introduce in the upper grades of elementary school from next year. Adjust the required number of faculty members.
In addition,
▽ and Yamaguchi Minister of the Environment, for a new grant to support the ambitious local governments to de-carbon initiatives,
▽ The shore Minister of Defense, development costs of the next fighter to be the successor of the F2 fighter of the Air Self-Defense Force Will be discussed.
The government is making adjustments to raise the budget for the next fiscal year to the upper half of the 107 trillion yen range, which is the largest ever, and plans to make a cabinet decision on the 24th based on ministerial negotiations between Minister of Finance Suzuki and each minister.