Maina insurance card usage rate: 8.4% in the highest prefecture, speeding up the spread of insurance card abolition. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that the current health insurance card will be abolished in December this year.
The usage rate of the minor insurance card by prefecture will be calculated by a subcommittee of the Social Security Council for the first time. The highest rates in January were ▽Kagoshima Prefecture at 8. 4%, followed by ▽Tottori prefecture at 7.2%, and ▽Fukui Prefecture at 6.8%.