The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will survey municipalities that are reducing or waiving premiums for nursing-care insurance for low-income senior citizens, ministry officials said.
The ministry survey comes as an increasing number of municipalities are cutting nursing-care premiums for the elderly, particularly low-income seniors, despite ministry instructions to avoid such cuts.
Since last October, those aged 65 or over have been paying fees totaling half the premium. This month, however, they must pay them in full.