If you catch a cold, you go to the hospital, get checked by a doctor, get the medicines prescribed, and pay. Health insurance is the behind-the-scenes system that supports such everyday activities. The following describes these nuts and bolts of the health insurance system.
List of the health insurance system
About health insurance
Describes the health insurance system and the health insurance societies that run it
Health insurance membership
Describes who can be insured under the health insurance system
Health insurance cards (health insurance eligibility information)
Use your My Number Card etc. as your Health Insurance Certificate when visiting medical care institutions
- Health insurance eligibility information
- If your Individual Number Card is lost or stolen
- Changing your individual number
- Individual Number Card expiration dates
- Eligibility verification certificate, notice of eligibility information
- To enable smooth verification of eligibility using a My Number Card registered as a Health Insurance Certificate to get medical care
- Elderly benefits cards
- Online verification of eligibility
- With the introduction of online verification of eligibility, a branch number has been added
- Using a smartphone as a My Number Card registered as a Health Insurance Certificate
Family membership
Describes matters such as the conditions required to insure family members and applicable income standards
- Extent of family relationship
- Income standards
- Government measures to address annual income barriers (starting in October 2023)
- New requirement concerning residency in Japan for dependent certification
- Dependent certification in cases of joint spousal support (when both spouses work)
- If there has been a change in dependents
Dependent certification criteria and list of documents to attach
The conditions for dependent certification are described below
The Society's insurance premiums
Describes the insurance premiums paid by members to fund health insurance programs and benefits
Insurance benefits
Describes the medical care benefits and the amounts of these benefits provided by health insurance
List of insurance benefits
Describes the benefits paid by the Society
Medical care cost information
Describes the medical care costs paid when you visit a hospital for a sickness or injury
After you leave your employer
Describes the medical care insurance available after you leave your employer
Other systems related to health insurance
Describes in detail various systems related to health insurance.