 | Medical, dental practitioners, and pensioners oppose double increase in medical payments at hospitals The Japanese Medical and Dental Practitioners for Improvement of Medical Care (Hodanren)and the Japan Pensioners' Union submitted to opposition party Dietmembers 45,385 signatures opposing a double increase in medical fees which people aged 75 and older pay at the hospital counter. The number of signatures has topped 780,000 in total. JCP Hatano Kimie (left), Kurabayashi Akiko (center), and Mitamoto Toru (3rd right) at the Lower House members' office building received the signatures. (Feb.18, Tokyo)
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