Sony Health Insurance Society

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List of insurance benefits

Introduced below are the insurance benefits provided by the Society.

If you become sick or are injured

When benefits are paid Insurance benefits
** Benefits in parentheses are paid to dependents.
If you received medical care covered by health insurance for treatment of a nonoccupational sickness or injury Medical Care Benefits (Dependents' Medical Care Expenses)
70-80% of medical care costs are provided as benefits-in-kind.
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For meal and other expenses during hospitalization

Inpatient Meal Expenses, Impatient Living Expenses (Dependents' Medical Care Expenses)
Patient pays a copayment of 490 yen/meal, with the remainder provided as benefits-in-kind.

  • ** For patients with intractable diseases or specific chronic diseases of children, the patient cost-sharing amount is 280 yen/meal.
  • ** For patients aged 65 or older hospitalized in a convalescent facility, the patient pays copayments of 490 yen/meal and 370 yen/day (230 yen for patients with high degrees of medical necessity, 0 yen for patients with designated intractable diseases)in accommodation expenses. The rest is provided as benefits.

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If you paid the entire medical care costs up front

Medical Care Expenses (Secondary Dependent Medical Costs)
Reimbursement on a request basis for the portion covered by health insurance if you receive treatment without presenting your health insurance card, purchase prosthetic equipment or other equipment, or other such cases

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If you received nursing care on a visitation basis

Home-Visit Nursing Care Expenses (Dependents' Home-Visit Nursing Care Expenses)
70-80% of medical care costs are provided as benefits-in-kind.

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If you incurred high medical care costs

High-Cost Medical Care Benefits (High-Cost Medical Care Benefits)
When your copayment on medical care costs for a single case in one month exceeds the Cost-Sharing Maximum Amount for your income category, the excess amount is paid (Measures to reduce cost burden, for example, by calculating on the basis of total medical expenses paid by one household, are available).

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If your combined copayments for health insurance and long-term care insurance are high

High Aggregate Cost for Long-term Care Service (High Aggregate Cost for Long-term Care Service)
When the aggregate total of copayments paid on medical and long-term care over a single year exceeds the maximum, the amount in excess of the maximum, corresponding to the ratios of medical and long-term care costs.

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If you received non-insured associated medical care

Non-insured Associated Medical Care Expenses (Dependents' Medical Care Expenses)
Benefits-in-kind for 70-80% of regular medical care costs

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If you take time off from work due to sickness

When benefits are paid Insurance benefits
If you take at least four unpaid days off from work due to nonoccupational sickness or injury

Injury and Sickness Allowance/Injury and Sickness Allowance Additional Sum

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Childbirth

When benefits are paid Insurance benefits
Childbirth after at least four months (85 days) of pregnancy

Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant/Childbirth and Childcare Additional Sum
(Dependents' Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant/Dependents' Childbirth and Childcare Additional Sum)

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If you take unpaid time off from work for childbirth

Maternity Allowance/Maternity Allowance Additional Sum

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Death

When benefits are paid Insurance benefits
Death due to nonoccupational reasons

Funeral Expenses (Funeral Costs)/Funeral Expenses Additional Sum
(Dependents' Funeral Expenses/Dependents' Funeral Expenses Additional Sum)

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After you leave your employer

When benefits are paid Insurance benefits
If you were receiving, or satisfied the requirements to receive, Injury and Sickness Allowance at the time you left your employer

Injury and Sickness Allowance

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If you were receiving, or satisfied the requirements to receive, Maternity Allowance at the time you left your employer

Maternity Allowance

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If childbirth occurred within six months after leaving the employer

Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant

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In the event of death within three months after leaving the employer

Funeral Expenses/Funeral Costs

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