Editorial

14:41 JST, November 19, 2025

The expiration dates of existing health insurance certificates are approaching, but the usage rate of so-called My Number insurance cards that serve as a substitute for the certificates remains sluggish. The government must not continue its erratic responses and cause confusion in frontline services.

Health insurance certificates issued by entities such as corporate health insurance associations and mutual aid associations for public employees will expire on Dec. 1. About 77 million people are expected to be affected.

Health insurance certificates for the elderly aged 75 and older, and those in the national health insurance programs have been expiring sequentially since July, meaning that all the health insurance certificates held by members of the public will soon become invalid.

Moving forward, to receive treatment at medical institutions, the system will be changed to, in principle,........

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