Medical insurance system
Medical Insurance System is a mutual aid system that everybody pays into, in order to help with medical expenses. The amount each individual pays is based upon their income.
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plan (Kenko-hoken)
For those who are employed by a company. The company will take care of the procedure for application and payment. The insurance fee will be deducted from the salary.
National Health Insurance Plan (Kokumin-Kenko-hoken)
Being registered as a foreign resident.
Having more than 1 year of the remaining period of your residential status.
- When you visit a medial institution, please submit your National Health Insurance card at the reception.
- When you receive medical treatments at a medical institution, the insurance will pay 70% of the cost and you pay 30% of the cost (copayment) at the institution.
- When your copayment to one medical institution in a month is more than the predetermined amount, the excess payment will be returned upon your request.
- When you give a birth in a 4th month pregnancy or later, the predetermined amount of aid (380,000 yen) is provided upon your request.
- Costs for health checkup, vaccination, cosmetic surgery, orthodontic treatment, and normal birth, and the medical cost due to job-related injury and sickness are not covered by National Health Insurance.
Please report the case as below to Insurance Division (Hoken-ka).
- When you join another health insurance plan or when you hope to withdraw from National Health Insurance Plan.
- When you move in or out of Chino city.
- When your baby is born.
- When a family member dies.
- When your name, address, or head of the household is changed.
- When you lose your National Health Insurance certificate.
Application
Insurance Division (Hoken-ka), Chino City Hall
Tel: 0266-72-2101 (ext. 322, 323)
Submission
Foreign Registration Certificate (Gaikokujin-toroku-shomeisho).
If the remaining period of your resident status is under a year, you need to submit documents showing that you will stay in the country more than a year.