Japan, with one of the world's oldest populations, is having increasing problems providing universal health care as each year there are fewer working people to pay for it.
The latest proposal to keep the medical system afloat came last week with an outline from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
The main thrust of the outline is to have the elderly pay more into the system through higher insurance premiums and medical fees.
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