The national treasury bears the expenses required for the execution of the affairs of health insurance services each fiscal year (including affairs concerning the payment of young-old payments, etc., aid for the old-old, etc., the contributions under the provisions of Article 173, the long-term care payment, the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic under the provisions of the Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (referred to as "contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic" in Article 153 and Article 154, paragraph (1)), and the children and child-rearing support levy), within the scope of the budget.