New virus test Insurance coverage within the week The window burden will be covered by public expenditure subsidies on March 3 at 5:10
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to start applying public insurance this week and subsidize the counter at public expense to reduce the burden on individuals in order to prepare a system that can be widely tested for new coronaviruses.
In some cases, doctors have decided that virus testing is necessary, but they have been refused by public health centers and have been unable to take the test.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to make public insurance coverage this week so that it can be tested at a wide range of medical institutions.
It is expected that the application of insurance will enable inspections without going through public health centers, and the number of cases will be increased. Was.
The unit price for inspection is 18,000 yen at the maximum, and the window burden is 5400 yen for those who pay 30%, but we will subsidize with public expenses so that there is no burden on individuals.
In the future, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is aiming to create a system to ensure that examinations can be conducted through “coordination meetings” consisting of medical institutions in each prefecture.