The Komeito Party's Health Insurance Association Parliamentary Liaison Council (chaired by Tanigai Masaaki, House of Councillors) and the Health, Labor and Welfare Subcommittee (chaired by Hamaji Masakazu, Member of the House of Representatives) received requests from the Health Insurance Association of Japan and other organisations at the House of Representatives Second Members' Building, calling for the establishment of a sustainable universal health insurance system.
Executive director Etsuro Ito and other representatives from the Japan Health Insurance Association urged the creation of a system that eases the burden on the working generation while being supported by all age groups.
They emphasised the need to optimise and prioritise insurance benefits, ensure fairness in cost-sharing, develop an efficient medical care delivery system, and advance medical digital transformation (DX).