NHI-National Health Insurance in Japan

Eligibility:
This insurance scheme is specially designed for the people who do not have Company/Business/Employer based Health Insurance plan.Eligible candidates can complete the enrollment procedure within two weeks.

How It works:
Person who has accepted NHI has to pay initial cost of medical facility...The major cost would be paid by NHI after the verification.

Three type of NHI are explained below:

• Basic Premium

For regular NHI members,Calculation: Total tax paid by NHI members * 0.80...this is Income Levy and then multiplying number of insureds by 31,200 .Also called as per capita levy.Adding these two levies annual Premium is calculated.

• Premium supporting for elderly

For older people having age more than 75,Calculation: Total tax paid by NHI members * 0.23...this is Income Levy and then multiplying number of insureds by 8700 .Also called as per capita levy.Adding these two levies annual Premium is calculated.

• Nursing Care

For people having long term care facility,Calculation: Total tax paid by NHI members by category 2 * 0.11...this is Income Levy and then multiplying number of insureds by 12,000 .Also called as per capita levy.Adding these two levies annual Premium is calculated.


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