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It really doesn't seem particularly deep in the red. 284 billion ¥ annual deficit for 32 million people, that would be covered entirely by raising everyone's pr
by opencl 8y ago
It really doesn't seem particularly deep in the red. 284 billion ¥ annual deficit for 32 million people, that would be covered entirely by raising everyone's premiums 750¥ (less than $7) per month.
- ekianjo 8y agoYour calculation is wrong. That's a deficit for a single year. There is a lot more deficit coming from multiple years piling up. Plus, the article clearly mentions: > The relatively low incomes of those covered by government insurance make it difficult to raise premiums The ones who benefit the most from large healtchare payments have close to no income (retired people), so they can't bear any cost at all basically. This means massively increasing premiums for a minority of the population.
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