Japan to scrap health insurance cards from December next year
The government aims to streamline administration and improve health care services by integrating the function of the cards into My Number cards.
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The government aims to streamline administration and improve health care services by integrating the function of the cards into My Number cards.
The government said it has completed personal identification checks for 82.06 million of the 82.08 million My Numbers subject to inspection.
Over 70 million in Japan have already adopted the cards, but actual use remains around 4%.
The agency submitted a report on the problems with the system in June, but the government commission judged the report insufficient.
A survey found that the linkage work was incomplete for 770,000 people across the country for whom the process was underway.