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Partial contributions and benefits
[Those who are 75 years old or older or between 65 and 74 years old and have been certified by the Regional Coalition for having a certain disability]
Last Updated January 20, 2025
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When you visit a medical institution due to illness or injury, members of the medical system for elder senior citizens can receive medical treatment or receive cash only by paying a part of the medical expenses.
If you present your health insurance card at the hospital or clinics window, you can go to a medical institution by paying a partial co-payment.
- Regarding the benefits of medical treatment for those under the age of 74 ...Those under 74 years old
- High medical expenses payment system・・・ If the out-of-pocket expenses are high
- Total long-term care system・・・ If the out-of-pocket expenses for both medical care and nursing care are high
- Payment of medical expenses・・In such a case, you can get a refund.
- Dietary and living expenses at the time of hospitalization・・・ When hospitalized
- Payment of funeral expenses・・When a member dies
- Notification of Third-Party Acts・・・ In the event of a traffic accident, etc.
Other medical care benefits
For details on home-visit nursing care expenses, transportation expenses, specific illnesses (issued “special illness medical treatment receipt certificate”), sickness and sickness allowances, etc., please see the website of the Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical and Wide Area Alliance.
Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical Wide Area Alliance Homepage (visit nursing care expenses) (outside site)
Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical Wide Area Alliance Homepage (Transportation Expenses) (outside site)
Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical Wide Area Alliance Homepage (Specific Diseases) (outside site)
Kanagawa Prefecture Senior Citizens' Medical Wide Area Alliance Homepage (Injuries and Diseases Allowance) (outside site)
- medical expenses subsidy project for severely disabled people・・・ If a person with a severe disability who joins employee health insurance goes to a doctor, we will support a portion of insurance medical treatment.
- medical expenses subsidy program for single-parent families・・・ Support medical expenses for families such as mother and child families
Inquiries to this page
Medical Aid Division, Ministry of Life and Welfare, Health and Social Welfare Bureau
Telephone: 045-671-2409
Telephone: 045-671-2409
Fax: 045-664-0403 (For inquiries regarding procedures, please contact the ward office above)
Email address: kf-iryoenjo@city.yokohama.lg.jp
Page ID: 274-575-079