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| Those who reside
in Japan can enroll
in the national health insurance. It should lighten the financial
burden when you receive medical treatment. If you work for a company
and enroll in employee's health insurance, you are not qualified for
the national health insurance. |
12-1 Foreign
residents' qualification for the national health insurance
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(1) Those who have
registered at a
city or town, are eligible for a statue of residence, and are permitted
to stay for one year or longer.
(2) Those who are
staying in Japan for less than one year, have
registered, and are permitted to stay for one year or longer by the
document for status of residence specified by the Minister of Health,
Labor and Welfare.
Foreign residents
should enroll in national insurance system, if
they meet (1) or (2) of the above and do not enroll in employeefs
health insurance system.
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| 12-2 Enrollment
procedure |
Registration
card and passport are
required to enroll the national health insurance.
Conditions for enrollment are different individually, so please contact
the Insurance-Pension Section of Fujimi-shi,
Health Inurance Section of Fujimino-shi or Residents
Affairs
Section of Miyoshi-machi . |
| 12-3 The
premium (national health insurance tax) |
The premium
is calculated on the
basis of the amount of municipal taxes paid in the previous year,
income, assets and the number of people per household. Any resident
aged 40-65 who is enrolled in the national health insurance is required
to participate in the nursing care insurance system. The premium
calculated on the basis of income in the previous year and the number
of people per household is added to the national health insurance tax..
In addition to this, all enrollees shall bear the premium to support
the new Kouki koreisha
medical insurance system for the elderly from 75 years up
started in f08. This premium is calculated as the same basis
above.
There is no exemption
from the premium, but some reduction is possible
for those who have no income. Be sure to file your tax returns. |
| 12-4 Health
insurance certificate is a passport for medical treatment
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Health
insurance certificate is
issued to each person. This proves that each of you and your
dependents is insured. Be sure to take the certificate with you to a
hospital or clinic. |
| 12-5 Benefits |
| When you
receive medical treatment
with your health insurance certificate at a hospital or clinic, you
only have to pay 30% of charged medical expenses, 10% or 30% for the
elderly of 70 years and over, 20% for pre-school children
and the remainders are covered by insurance. If medical expenses per
person per month exceed the ceiling, the amount in excess of the
ceiling will be reimbursed later if you report to tax office. |
| 12-6 Special
medical examination |
Special
medical examination is applied for those who are 40 to 74 years old as
of April 1, and enrollee of national health insurance system.
Examination ticket is sent to eligible people late in May, you are
advised
to go to medical institution designated by each city or town for a
checkup during June ` November. 1,000 yen of charge is required.
Checkup items are physical measurements (such as height, weight, and
waist circumference), blood, urine, electrocardiogram, etc.
Those, who are
diagnosed as metabolic syndrome or fear to be, have
health guidance lecture of improving their life style
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| 12-7 Resort
facilities and a thorough medical checkup |
i1jResort
facilities and subsidies
Fujimi-shi,
Fujimino-shi and
Miyoshi-machi provide the residents with subsidies for health
maintenance and promotion. There are several city-(or town) designated
resort facilities.
yInquiryz
Fujimi-shi Hokennenkin-ka Kenkohoken-kakariFtel.049-251-2711
Fujimino-shi Kenkohoken-ka Kenkohoken-kakariFtel.049-262-9039
Miyoshi-mach Jyumin-ka Hokennenkin-kakariFtel.049-258-0019
(2) Subsidy for a thorough medical
checkup
You
should
maintain your health by
yourself. If you get a thorough medical checkup in the city- (or town)
designated hospital or clinic, a part of expenses is covered by subsidy
of the city or town.
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