The utilization rate of Myna Health Insurance Cards by prefecture has been published for the first time, and the highest rate is 8.4% in Kagoshima Prefecture, and the lowest is 2.3% in Okinawa Prefecture.The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that the current health insurance card will be abolished in December this year. We are working to accelerate the spread of this technology.
While the government is planning to abolish the current health insurance card and switch to the minor insurance card in December this year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that 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. shown.
According to this, the highest rates in January were
▽Kagoshima Prefecture at 8.4%
, followed by
▽Tottori Prefecture at 7.2% ,
and ▽Fukui Prefecture at 6.8%.
On the other hand, Okinawa Prefecture
had the lowest rate at 2.3%
, followed
by Ehime Prefecture at 2.7%,
and the national average was 4.6%.
In addition, as of November last year, the usage rate of Maina insurance cards in National Health Insurance operated by local governments was
highest in Rebun Town, Hokkaido, at 21.8%
, followed by Kurotaki Village, Nara Prefecture, at 17.8%
, and Kusatsu Town, Gunma Prefecture, at
17.8%.
It was 16.4%.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will be holding briefing sessions in each prefecture to introduce national support measures to promote use and the status of initiatives in areas with high usage rates, in order to accelerate the spread of the service. .