The government may raise the age at which people can receive elderly medical care to 75 from 70 within five years, according to health ministry sources.
It may also increase individual care payments for those aged 75 and older to 20 percent from 10 percent in accordance with income levels, the sources said.
These proposals are included in a government draft plan to reform the medical system during fiscal 2002.
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