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What kind of system is the large sum of nursing care expenses for the medical system for elder senior citizens? What do you need to apply for?

Last Updated November 4, 2021

Medical System for Elderly Senior Citizens
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In the 12 months from August 1 to July 31 of the following year, if the total amount of medical insurance and The Long-term Care Insurance co-payment (insurance coverage) in same household exceeds a certain limit, the excess amount will be refunded as a large sum of nursing care expenses. (The medical portion will be transferred from the Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical Association. In addition, the nursing care portion is transferred from the nursing care insurer. )
For more information, please refer to the following website.

Sending Notification of Application

For those who are eligible for the application, from March to August every year, the Kanagawa Prefectural Elderly Medical Care Wide Area Alliance sends a notice of the application.
However, notice may not be sent to those who have moved in from outside the city during the calculation period (August 1 to July 31, the following day) or those who are special in Address area (insured by the Kanagawa Prefecture Elderly Care System who are in nursing care facilities outside Yokohama City). Please contact the ward office Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section.

What is required for application

・Application form (application form sent by mail, required for all persons if there are multiple late insured persons in same household)
・Medical insurance card (Large-Aged Medical Insured Card)
・Long-term care insurance card
・When specifying a transfer account other than the insured person, the insured person's private seal (using vermilion)
(If the insured dies, the heir private seal)
・Bank passbooks, cash cards, etc. of financial institutions whose account number is known
・Out-of-pocket certificate (only for those who have changed in employee health insurance or The Long-term Care Insurance during the calculation period (August 1 to July 31))
(Certificates include medical insurance, The Long-term Care Insurance (insurance benefits) and The Long-term Care Insurance (comprehensive business))
※You don't need a receipt from the hospital.

Application destination

The window for medical care for the elderly in the municipalities listed in the notice
(In the case of Yokohama City, please contact Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section, ward office of your ward.) I'll apply together with The Long-term Care Insurance.
※Please apply to your municipality as of the base date (July 31), not your current address.

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Health and Social Welfare Bureau Medical Aid Division

Telephone: 045-671-2409

Telephone: 045-671-2409

Fax: 045-664-0403

Email address: kf-iryoenjo@city.yokohama.jp

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