Out-of-pocket medical costs for single-parent families reduced to 10% or ¥0
- No out-of-pocket cost for households exempt from resident tax
This program issues a medical certificate (Maru-Oya) to single-parent families, etc. and covers part or all of the out-of-pocket share of insured medical care.
For households paying resident tax, the out-of-pocket share becomes 10%, with limits of ¥18,000 per month and ¥144,000 per year for outpatient care and ¥57,600 per month for inpatient care. If the multiple-high-cost rule applies, the limit is ¥44,400. Households exempt from resident tax pay nothing. The standard share of hospital meal costs is not covered.
Eligible people are single parents, etc. raising children until the first March 31 after turning 18 (under 20 for children with a moderate or more severe disability), and those children.
For children who have a medical certificate from the medical expense subsidy for children, that subsidy takes priority.