About national health insurance system

 I wolud like to introduce Japanese national health insurance(NHI) system simply.

 All people registering residence in Japan have to join some public insurances.

Public insurances are devided in 3types.

 1.National health insurance(NHI)

 2.Late elderly medical insurance

 3.Employee insurance

 Almost foreigner joins NHI.

 NHI is provided by municipalities.

 When you get residence registration firstly in Japan, you have to take procedure of joinning NHI, if you don't join other public insurances(the abobe 1 or 2).

-Services

 You can get NHI card.

 You can get medical treatments with 30% cost.

 (If original cost is ￥10,000-, you need only pay ￥3,000- with NHI card.)

 you can use NHI card at almost hospiatls (dental offices and ophthanlmologicals are also ok.).

-insurance fee

 All NHI joiner have to pay insurance fee.

There isn't student reduction system and foreigner reduction system.

 Foreigner's insurance fee is calculated as same as Japanese's insurance fee.

 I will introduce how to calculate insurance fee and how to reduce insurance fee.