DALLAS: As hundreds of people in business attire watched from the gallery, a panel of experts under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry adopted a long list of proposals to revise the fees that can be charged by the nation’s hospitals and pharmacies for medical procedures and prescriptions under the public health insurance scheme.
While little known to the public, the Chuo Shakai Hoken Iryo Kyogi Kai (Central Social Insurance Medical Council), commonly abbreviated as Chuikyo, has long wielded a huge influence on charting the course of health care policy in Japan…..