After you leave your employer
After leaving your employer, you will lose your eligibility for membership in the Health Insurance Society and must join the appropriate medical care insurance program based on your individual circumstances.
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- Return your health insurance card soon after leaving employment.
- You can remain a member of the Health Insurance Society if you meet certain conditions.
- In some cases, you may continue to receive benefits even after losing your eligibility as an insured person.
Please return your health insurance card within five days after loss of eligibility as an insured person when you leave your employer. Thereafter, you must join the appropriate medical care insurance program based on your individual circumstances.
Medical care insurance available after leaving your employer
When the insured person (himself/herself) retires, he/she loses the status of being insured by the Hitachi health insurance society, and thereafter will be enrolled in the health insurance system appropriate to his/her situation. In addition, when they reach the age of 75, they will be enrolled in the late-stage medical care system for the elderly.
Post-retirement enrollment pattern
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- * If you would like to re-enroll in the Hitachi Health Insurance Association from another health insurance society, please contact the person in charge at Hitachi health insurance society.
Contact | Hitachi health insurance society TEL 03-4554-3020 |
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You can receive benefits even after leaving your employer.
In some cases, persons who have been insured persons continuously for at least one year prior to leaving employment may be eligible to receive Injury and Sickness Allowance, the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant, Maternity Allowance, and funeral expenses, even after losing their eligibility.
Benefits paid after leaving employment (benefits paid to the insured person only, not to dependents)
Conditions for payment: | You must have been receiving, or satisfied the requirements to receive, Injury and Sickness Allowance at the time you left employment and remain unable to work due to treatment of the sickness or injury |
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Payment period: | For a total of 18 months counted from the payment start date of Injury and Sickness Allowance through the payment period
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Conditions for payment: | You must have been receiving, or satisfied the requirements to receive, Maternity Allowance at the time you left employment |
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Payment period: | Until the end of the period for receipt of Maternity Allowance |
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Conditions for payment: | The childbirth must have taken place within six months after loss of eligibility |
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Conditions for payment: | (1) Within three months after loss of eligibility (there is no requirement to have been an insured person for a period of one year or longer) (2) While receiving Injury and Sickness Allowance or Maternity Allowance (3) In the event of death taking place within three months after receipt of these benefits ended |
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