By submitting your certificate for the specified disease treatment to the receptionist at your medical institution, your monthly cost-bearing limit for medical expenses will not exceed 10,000 yen. However, for patients with kidney failure who are in need of dialysis and apply to the following, the cost-bearing limit for one month will be 20,000 yen (as of October 2006).
- Persons under 70 with a standard monthly income of at least 530,000 yen
- Persons under 70 who are insured as dependents of persons whose standard monthly income is at least 530,000 yen.