Measures against poverty and disparities (represented again)
Improvements (indicated figures are public
A
expenses in 2015)
Amount required (public
D
expenses) in 2015
1. A one-stop service that provides both employment and livelihood support
2. Broader applicability of social insurance
a. Broader application of employees' pensions to include short-time workers
b. Broader applicability of employees' insurance and a more stable and stronger financial infrastructure from a wider range of sources
· Broader application of employees' insurance to include short-time workers (- 160 billion yen if fully implemented)
3. Enhanced measures for persons with low incomes within social insurance systems
a. Municipal National Health Insurance will be integrated to the prefectural level with a stronger financial infrastructure (such as greater premium reductions for persons with low incomes (up to 220 billion yen))
* The financial impact will vary with the differing applicability and size of measures
b. With regard to Long-Term Care Insurance, more of a focus will be on the principle of the burden being in accordance with the defrayal capacity, care for low-incomes, and prioritized insurance benefits
· Further reduction of insurance premiums for primarily insured persons with low incomes (up to 130 billion yen)
* The financial impact will vary with the differing degree of functional enhancement and prioritization
c. Measures for advanced and long-term medical care (enhancement of safety-net functionality) and prioritized benefits
· Reduced burden via reconsideration of expensive medical care expenses for long-term expensive medical care (such as the reaction to long-term expensive medical care and reduced burden via reclassification of incomes) (up to 130 billion yen)
* Content of the reconsiderations will vary with the differing degree of functional enhancement and prioritization
d. Total aggregation system (introduction of the system will be based on the assumption that the infrastructure for informational cooperation such as the number system is in place)
e. Improved minimum guarantee functionality of pension systems
· Additional payments to people with low incomes
· Additional payments to the basic disability pension
(0.6 trillion yen)
· Shorter eligibility periods
* The volume of the budget will vary depending on who qualifies, the levels of additional payments, and whether a means-test will be involved
* The figure above was calculated on the assumption of adding 16 thousand yen per month (the difference between 70 thousand yen and the average amount of the basic old-age pension, or 54 thousand yen) for anyone whose annual income is less than 650 thousand yen (in the case of single persons)
4. Construction of a secondary layer of the safety net
a. Establishment of a support system for job seekers (including consideration as to who should bear the cost)
b. Accompanying support for anyone facing complex difficulties
c. Employment assistance for persons receiving public assistance
d. Consideration of a mechanism to support housing
5. Reconsideration of the public assistance system as the final layer of the safety net (improvements and more efficient and prioritized operation)
· Enhanced support and improved menus for self-support and employment assistance for anyone being provided with public assistance but with an earning capacity
· Prevention of children being impacted by poverty
· Optimization of medical assistance and thorough measures against dishonest receipt
· Verification of criteria for public assistance based on objective data
Up to 0.3 trillion yen
which will be reconsidered in combination with the broader applicability of employees' insurance and earnings-based payments
Up to 0.1 trillion yen
which will be reconsidered in combination with fixed-amounts co-payment when receiving medical treatment
Total aggregation system
Up to 0.4 trillion yen
Up to 0.6 trillion yen
which will be reconsidered in combination with pension benefits for high-income earners
Up to 1.4 trillion yen