Health insurance cards

You will be issued “a health insurance card” as proof of insurance when you join the Health Insurance Society.

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Handling of health insurance cards
Indicating whether you intend to be an organ donor
Members aged 70 or above are issued "elderly benefits cards"

POINT

Do not forget to show your health insurance card at the reception counter of the hospital when visiting for medical care.
Promptly notify the Health Insurance Society if you lose your health insurance card or there is any change in the information indicated on the card.

Showing your health insurance card at the counter of the hospital when seeing a doctor (insurance medical care institution) gives you access to 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 or loaning 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 Society if you lose your health insurance card or there is any change in the information shown on the card.

Reference link: 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.

Reference link: If you become sick or are injured

Caution：

Those 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.

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