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My Number Card and Health Insurance Card are integrated.

Last Updated March 21, 2024

From December 2, 2024 (16), health insurance card and My Number Card will be integrated.

 
The conventional health insurance card will be abolished on December 2, 2024 based on the policy of integrating my number card and health insurance card in principle indicated by the government.
 
※If you have various medical expenses grants (such as Medical Certificate for severely disabled people), please show it to the counter of a medical institution as before.

You can still consult with your insurance card until the expiration date.

If you have an insured card for the Kanagawa Medical Association for the Elderly Medical Care, you will be issued an insured card issued at the time of simultaneous renewal of the insured card scheduled to be implemented in August 2024 (expiration date: July 31). Even after the health insurance card has been abolished, please bring it without discarding it until the expiration date.

※If you are 75 years old from August 2024 to November 2024, you will receive an insured person's card from the Kanagawa Medical Association for the Elderly Medical Care the Association before you reach the age of 75.

After December 2, 2024, we will issue a "Qualification Confirmation Certificate" or "Notice of Qualification Information"

For those who are 75 years old after December 2, 2024 and do not have a My Number Card, or those who have not applied for the use of My Number Card's insurance card, "Qualification Confirmation Form (Same as the current insurance card) Size) ". By presenting the “Qualification Confirmation Form” to medical institutions, you can still receive insurance medical treatment as before.

If you are applying for a My Number Card insurance card, you will be issued a "Notice of Qualification Information (A4 size)" that allows you to easily check your own qualifications.
 

For more information on the use of health insurance cards, please visit the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Digital Agency website below.

Click here for the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website "About the use of my number card health insurance card"
  https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_08277.html (external site) (external site)
Click here for the Digital Agency homepage "Frequently Asked Questions: Use of Health Insurance Card with My Number Card"
  https://www.digital.go.jp/policies/mynumber/faq-insurance-card/ (external site) (external site)

Medical institutions and pharmacies that can be used as health insurance cards can be found on the website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website.

"News about medical institutions and pharmacies that use My Number Card Health Insurance Cards"
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/index_16743.html (external site) (external site)

FAQs

Q1 I have already registered for the use of my number card insurance card. When I am 75 years old and transition to the medical system for elder senior citizens, do I need to apply for a new My Number Card?

A. If you have applied for a My Number Card insurance card once, you do not need to repeat the procedure.

Q2 If I start using my number card as an insurance card, do I have to take steps to become an insured person in the medical system for elder senior citizens when I turn 75?

A. Those who are 75 years old will be automatically insured under the medical system for elder senior citizens from their 75th birthday, so those who use their My Number Card or those who do not use their My Number Card will join. No procedure is required.
If you are a member of the company's health insurance union, you may need to take some procedures to withdraw from the previously enrolled employee health insurance. For more information, please check with your health insurance union.

Q3 Is it okay to carry my number card with me?

A. Even if it can be used as a health insurance card, information with high privacy such as consultation history and drug information, does not enter the IC chip of the card. If you drop or lose it, we accept temporary suspension of the card by toll-free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Q4 Can I consult without a My Number Card?

A. For those who do not have a My Number Card or those who have not applied for the use of My Number Card, we will send a "qualification Confirmation Form". By presenting the “Qualification Confirmation Form” to medical institutions, you can still receive insurance medical treatment as before.

Q5 Can't I consult a hospital where my number card is not available?

A. If you have an insured person's card or a “qualification confirmation (same size as the current insurance card)”, you can receive insurance medical treatment by presenting it to a medical institution. If you are using your My Number Card's insurance card, you will be issued a "Notice of Qualification Information (A4 size)" that allows you to easily check your own qualifications, so present it to a medical institution with your My Number Card. By doing so, you can get insurance medical treatment.

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For inquiries to this page

Health and Welfare Department, Health and Social Welfare Bureau

Phone: 045-671-2409

Phone: 045-671-2409

Fax: 045-664-0403

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

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