The medical bill will be free!

Today we discussed Medical bill.
This summer,the democratic party of Japan was voted into power.They fulfill their campaign promises so far.In addition,they promised us that expressway tolls,medical bill and the tuition fee for a high school will be free.Then,how should we establish a revenue of it?Today we discuss what tax is worthy of the tax increase.

There were four panelists in this discussion.

Ume is seventy years old.She lives on her pension and is on fixed incomes.She has two chronic diseases.She goes to hospital twice a week.In addition,her husband also has a chronic disease.He goes to hospital once a week.

Tomozou runs his liquor shop.He also sells cigarettes,too.There are already industry inclines in these industries.So they will get into more trouble than now.He is a neutral position.He disagrees with liquor and cigarette taxes and a consumption tax.

Kyoko has plenty of money because her husband works for a famous company.So no matter how much they are collected taxes.

Miyu has two children.Both of them go to school.Her husband works for a normal company.She saves money every month but it does not break the bank.She disagrees with liquor and cigarette taxes and a consumption tax.

Ume said that there is a passive smoking around us so increasing a cigarette tax is reasonable.Smoking is also harmful for people who smoke.

Tomozou thinks that increasing a consumption tax is fair but increasing a consumption tax only is not enough to provide us free medical service.

Miyu thinks that raising a consumption tax is not fair because it is not painful for rich people to pay a more consumption tax.Only the poor suffer from this situation.She approached us with this proposal to increase an income tax.

Kyoko says that she pays forty percent of her husband's income now.She thinks that whatever the circumstances may be,more than forty percent of the income is too much.

On the other hand,Ume has no income now because she lives on her pension so she disagrees with increasing liquor and cigarette taxes and a consumption tax.

In the same way,Tomozou agrees with increasing an income tax only.
Of course,Kyoko disagrees with increasing an income tax.
Miyu agrees with increasing an income tax only.

But new administration decided that medical fee will be free so we have to gather resources.

Privately,I think that medical service should be provided to selecting people in a minimal level.In addition,this medical service is based on income.

In this discussion,we defined people who can not earn three million yen in a year as a working poor.And we should provide free medical service for poor people and senior citizens at first.
But I do not know that poor people have be able to pay taxes.
In japan,now we adopted progressive taxation.I do not know we can collect more taxes from the rich.There is a proposal on reducing doctors' payment but I have heard that on-duty doctor is not rich and they perform back-breaking work.

Finally,we built up a consensus that we should provide more inexpensive medical service for people who have a regular health problem and a challenged person at least.I thought maybe we regard a consumption tax as leaving room for increasing.You know,in Japan,the government has kept a consumption tax rate at lower level than in Europe and the United Stated.