About 200 doctors and dentists in Tokyo have complained to the government about the policy of abolishing health insurance cards next autumn and integrating them with My Number cards, saying, "The cost of equipment and the risk of information leakage are large." caused
We are asking medical institutions to admit that they are not obligated to introduce it.
The government plans to abolish the health insurance card that is currently in use next fall and integrate it with the My Number card. Medical institutions are obliged to introduce
Regarding this, more than 270 doctors and dentists belonging to the Tokyo Health Insurance Doctors Association said, "The burden of equipment costs and the risk of information leakage is large, and it is unconstitutional to oblige it to be implemented by a ministerial ordinance even though it is not stipulated by law. I filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on the 22nd.
We are asking
the government to recognize that there is no obligation
to confirm health insurance information on the My Number Card or to
introduce the equipment necessary for implementation .
Akio Suda, one of the plaintiffs and chairman of the Tokyo Health Insurance Physicians Association, said, "The introduction of equipment is subsidized by the government, but preventing information leaks requires high running costs. Some medical institutions are considering closing their businesses amid the policy of revoking their insurance doctor qualifications.If excellent doctors disappear from the region, it will be a big loss."
About 50% of medical institutions that have started operation
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, among the medical institutions that are obliged to introduce the system necessary to use the insurance card integrated with the My Number card, it was actually introduced and started operation on the 12th of this month. That's about 5% at the moment.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to extend the deadline, which is until the end of next month, for medical institutions that have concluded a contract with a business operator that operates the system, even if it has not been introduced.
On the other hand, as of the 12th of this month, 46.87 million people have registered their My Number Card as an insurance card, which is 60% of those who have been issued My Number Cards.