Health insurance cards
You will be issued “a health insurance card” as the proof of insurance when you join the Health Insurance Association.
When your health insurance card is issued, please be sure to check your name and date of birth, and if there are any discrepancies, please contact the Health Insurance Association.
- Handling of health insurance cards
- Indicating whether you intend to be an organ donor
- Members aged 70 or above are issued "elderly benefits cards"
- Using your Individual Number Card as your health insurance card
- The online eligibility verification system brings some changes to health insurance cards
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- Do not forget to show your health insurance card at the reception counter of the insurance medical care institution such as the hospital when visiting for medical care.
- Promptly notify the Health Insurance Association if you lose your health insurance card.
By showing your health insurance card at the counter of the hospital when visiting a doctor (insurance medical care institution), you can receive the required medical care while paying only a portion of the associated costs.
Handling of health insurance cards
Altering/Defacing the health insurance card itself to change any of the information shown there (other than the address space) or transferring the card to another person is prohibited. Store your health insurance card carefully; it is an important form of personal identification. Remember to bring it back with you after visiting the hospital.
Promptly notify the Health Insurance Association if you lose your health insurance card.
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- If you lose your health insurance card
- Marriage (name change)
Indicating whether you intend to be an organ donor
As a result of amendment of the Law on Organ Transplantation, a space for indicating whether you wish to be an organ donor has been added to the reverse side of the health insurance card.See the website of the Japan Organ Transplant Network for more information on organ donation.
Members aged 70 or above are issued "elderly benefits cards"
Since the percentage of medical care costs paid by elderly persons aged 70-74 to medical care institutions varies with income, these persons are issued "elderly benefits cards" showing their copayment percentages. When receiving medical care at a medical care institution, show your "elderly benefits card" together with your health insurance card. (In general, presenting an elderly benefits card will ensure that the amount you pay at a hospital will not exceed the cost-sharing maximum amount. In certain cases, you may also need to present a Certificate of Application of Maximum Copayment Amount.)
If your copayment percentage changes, you will be issued a new elderly benefits card to reflect this change.
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- If you become sick or are injured
Caution：
Starting in August 2018, those falling in the category of the same income level as active workers II or active workers I will need to submit a Certificate of Application of Maximum Copayment Amount to avoid paying more than the cost-sharing maximum amount at a hospital.
If you expect to incur high medical care costs, apply to the Society to obtain a certificate in advance.
Using your Individual Number Card as your health insurance card
The online eligibility verification sysytem has been introduced to make it possible to verify eligibility information online based on the IC chip on the Individual Number Card or the health insurance card code and number. You can use your Individual Number Card as a health insurance card at medical care institutions and other facilities that have adopted the online eligibility verification system. (Note: Requires advance registration on a specific site such as Mynaportal.)
See here for more information.
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