You can use your My Number Card as a health insurance card
Since October 20, 2021, the My Number Card has been accepted in place of a health insurance card at accepting medical care institutions and pharmacies.
- * Check to confirm that the medical care institution or pharmacy accepts My Number Card as a health insurance card before presenting your card.
How to know accepting medical care institutions and pharmacies
You can use your My Number Card as a health insurance card at medical care institutions and pharmacies that display the Myna Uketsuke stickers or posters.
Advantages
- With your consent, the medical care institution or pharmacy can review various information, including your past drug history and information on specified medical diagnoses.
- You can link medical care cost information digitally when preparing your tax return.
- Even without submitting a Certificate of Application of Maximum Copayment Amount, this will exempt you from any obligations to make out of pocket payments beyond the maximum copayment at medical care institutions and pharmacies.
- You can view a range of information at any time on your Mynaportal*, including your past medication history and information on specified medical diagnoses.
- * Mynaportal: Online service provided by the Japanese government
- After changing employers, you can use your My Number Card as a health insurance card without waiting to receive your new health insurance card.
How to use your My Number Card as a health insurance card
You need to apply to use your My Number Card as a health insurance card.
You can apply in the following ways:
- Using a smartphone
- At a Seven Bank ATM
- Over the counter at certain drugstore chains
- Using a personal computer and an IC card reader
- Using a card reader with facial recognition at a medical care institution
Applying using a smartphone
Check the following requirements:
- My Number Card
- Smartphone capable of reading a My Number Card
- Mynaportal app is installed
Scan the code to install the Mynaportal app.
- STEP1
- Launch the Mynaportal app.
- STEP2
- Tap Apply.
- STEP3
- Read and consent to the terms of use.
- * You also can register to use Mynaportal at the same time.
- STEP4
- Scan your My Number Card.
Enter your four-digit PIN, place your My Number Card firmly against the smartphone, and tap on the Scan button. - Finished!
At a Seven Bank ATM
All you need is your My Number Card!
- ATM
screens -
- “My Number Card procedures”
- “Apply to use as a health insurance card”
- Follow the instructions provided on screen.
The first step is to get a My Number Card.
See the My Number Card General Site to get a card.
Click here for details