Japan's policy guideline calls for medical spending goal

Japan's policy guideline calls for medical spending goal

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) presides over a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, flanked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) and economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka (R) on June 21. The panel adopted an economic and fiscal policy guideline calling for establishing within this year a goal for rationalizing medical care spending.

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