Insurance medical care

Japanese: 保険医療 - ほけんいりょう

Medical care provided under the medical insurance system. In 1961, universal health insurance was established, and most medical care in Japan is provided under the medical insurance system. The initial benefit rates were 100% for the health insurance policyholder, and 50% for his/her family and the national health insurance. In 1973, the Elderly Welfare Law was amended to provide free medical care for the elderly, and the Health Insurance Law was amended to provide 70% of medical care for dependents, and a high-cost medical care payment system was established to pay amounts exceeding a certain amount. In February 1983, the Health Care for the Elderly Law (Elderly Medical Care) was implemented, abolishing the previous free medical care system for the elderly. Elderly people aged 70 or older and so-called bedridden elderly people aged 65 to 70 years old were made eligible for medical care benefits from municipalities under the provisions of the law, and they were required to pay a fixed amount of copayment (400 yen per month for outpatient care, 300 yen per day for hospitalization, limited to 2 months), and were systematically classified as younger people.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

医療保険制度に基づいて行われる医療。1961年に国民皆保険が成立し，日本での医療のほとんどは，医療保険制度により給付され，初期の給付率は，健康保険被保険者本人10割，その家族および国民健康保険5割とされた。73年老人福祉法改正により老人医療無料化，健康保険法改正による被扶養者の7割給付，一定の負担額を超える額を支給する高額療養費支給制度が設けられた。83年2月老人保健法(老人医療)が実施され，従来の老人医療無料制度を廃止し，70歳以上の老人と65歳以上70歳未満のいわゆるねたきり老人は，同法の規定により市町村の医療給付の対象とされ，また，新たに定額の一部負担金(外来1月400円，入院1日300円･2ヵ月間限り)を支払うことになり，制度的に若い人と区分された。

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