高こう額がく療りょう養よう費ひ制せい度ど

noun

high-cost medical expense benefit system; catastrophic medical expense reimbursement system

Official Japanese public health insurance system that caps out-of-pocket medical costs and reimburses amounts exceeding the cap.

• 高こう額がく療りょう養よう費ひ制せい度どを利り用ようすれば、月つき々づきの医い療りょう費ひの自じ己こ負ふ担たんが抑おさえられます。

  If you use the high-cost medical expense benefit system, your monthly out-of-pocket medical costs can be kept low.

• 入にゅう院いん費ひが高こう額がくになったので、高こう額がく療りょう養よう費ひ制せい度どの申しん請せいをしました。

  Because the hospitalization costs became high, I applied for the catastrophic medical expense reimbursement system.