Have you applied for your My Number Health Insurance Card?

Regarding the abolition of Health Insurance Certificates（健康保険証の廃止について）

The issuance of new Health Insurance Certificates was ended on December 2nd, 2024. If you join the health insurance scheme after December 2nd, 2024, or if the information on your Health Insurance Certificate changes due to your moving house, etc., you will be issued a ‘Eligibility Confirmation Certificate’ or a ‘Notice of Eligibility Information’ in place of your old Health Insurance Certificate.
You can use your Health Insurance card until its expiration date, but after that, please use your ‘My Number Health Insurance Card’ or ‘Eligibility Confirmation Certificate’ when you visit hospitals, etc.

My Number Health Insurance Cards (My Number Card)（マイナ保険証）

After obtaining your My Number Card, please register it for use as your Health Insurance Card. This registration can be done on the Myna Portal (from a PC or smartphone), using the card reader at the reception desk of medical institutions and pharmacies, or at Seven Bank ATMs.

Eligibility Confirmation Certificates (the same design as the current Health Insurance Certificate)(資格確認書)

Issued to those who do not have a My Number Insurance Card. No application is required.
Show this at the counter of a medical institution, etc., just like your current Health Insurance Certificate, and you will be able to continue receiving medical treatment at a fixed out-of-pocket expense.

‘Notices of Eligibility Information' (cut out from A4 paper)（資格情報のお知らせ）

Issued to those who have a My Number Health Insurance Card. It is issued so that My Number Health Insurance Card holders can easily understand their insured status, etc. Since it is not a certificate, you cannot visit a medical
institution with only a 'Notice of Eligibility Information'.

In late July, those who are enrolled in the National Health Insurance and the Long-Term Care Insurance System will be sent an 'Eligibility Confirmation Certificate' if they do not have a My Number Insurance Card, and a 'Notice of
Eligibility Information' if they have a My Number Insurance Card.

The benefits of using your My Number card as a Health Insurance Certificate（マイナンバーカードの健康保険証利用のメリット）

Using your My Number card as a Health Insurance Certificate has many benefits, both for regular visits to the hospital and in other situations.

You can receive better medical care based on data

It is difficult to verbally convey information about past prescriptions to doctors and pharmacists, but by using your My Number card when visiting a doctor or receiving medication and agreeing to the sharing of information, you can smoothly share information about past prescriptions with doctors and pharmacists.
Even if you are visiting a medical institution or pharmacy for the first time, if you agree to the sharing of information, doctors and pharmacists can check your data, so you can receive better medical care.

You will be exempt from paying more than the high-cost medical care limit, without completing any formalities

The high-cost medical care system is a system that pays the amount that exceeds the limit paid by the individual (the self-payment limit) if the amount paid at the counter of a medical institution or pharmacy exceeds the self-payment limit for one month (from the beginning to the end of the month).
Previously, in order to receive the payment, you usually had to pay the full amount at the counter of a medical institution or pharmacy and then submit a payment application. By applying for a ‘Certificate of Eligibility for Medical Cost Limits’ in advance, you could reduce the expenses you pay out of pocket to the self-payment limit, but if you were unable to apply in time, you would have had to pay a large amount temporarily.
However, from now on, if you use your My Number card as a Health Insurance Certificate, you will not have to pay more than the self-payment limit for medical treatment covered by public medical insurance, even if you do not have a ‘Certificate of Eligibility for Medical Cost Limits’.

3. You can easily claim medical expenses deductions when filing your tax return with My Number Portal

Previously, in order to receive a medical expense deduction, you had to create a ‘medical expense deduction statement’ from medical receipts and attach it when filing your tax return, which meant you had to manage a year's worth of medical receipts.
However, from now on, by linking My Number Portal to e-Tax, it will be easier to claim medical expenses deductions when filing your tax return.
Even if you do not manage and store medical receipts, you can manage medical expense notification information on My Number Portal, and by linking My Number Portal with e-Tax, you can automatically enter data.

You can reduce the burden on medical workers

URL for more information (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) 

Inquiries

National Health Insurance and Pension Division(Kokuho-nenkin-ka, 国保年金課) : 082-420-0933
Location: 1F Main building