Retirement medical system

　This system aims to correct the imbalance in cost sharing between workplace health insurance and national health insurance, as retirees will enroll in national health insurance when their medical needs increase.
Medical expenses for those eligible for the retiree medical care system are covered by retirees' National Health Insurance taxes and contributions from employee health insurance. Therefore, if you go to the doctor without completing the procedures to join the retiree medical care system, your medical expenses will be covered by the National Health Insurance.
An increase in the burden of medical expenses under the National Health Insurance will lead to an increase in your insurance tax. In order to ensure stable financial management of the National Health Insurance, those who are eligible for the retiree medical care system are requested to register for membership.

　Those who meet all of the following conditions and their families (dependents) will receive medical care under the retiree medical care system until they reach the age of 65.

• Be enrolled in National Health Insurance by March 31, 2015.
• Be under 65 years old.
• You can receive old-age (retirement) pensions, total old-age (retirement) pensions, old-age welfare pensions, and retirement mutual aid pensions from welfare organizations, mutual aid associations, etc.
• The total period of participation in employee pension insurance such as welfare and mutual aid pensions is 20 years or more, or 10 years or more after the age of 40 (excluding national pension).

　If there are dependents, the head of the household should notify the National Health Insurance Section of the Insurance and Pension Division.
A dependent is a person who lives with a retired insured person and maintains his/her livelihood mainly from the retired insured person's income, and who meets the following conditions.

• Direct ascendants of retired insured persons, spouse and relatives within the third degree of kinship, or spouse's parents and children.
• Be enrolled in National Health Insurance by March 31, 2015.
• Be under 65 years old.
• Annual income is less than 1.3 million yen (annual income of less than 1.8 million yen if over 60 years old or disabled).

　The calculation method for insurance tax is the same as the calculation method for general National Health Insurance tax. If a National Health Insurance tax payment notice has already been sent, please pay according to the tax payment notice.

Possible date and time for procedures

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on public holidays Note: On public holidays, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note: Only City Hall is open on public holidays.