Maternity reimbursement for dependent of Social health insurance.

[Davey]

A difficult question, that I have been searching for on the net and I know and I will contact the office for that. But first I want to challenge you guys, if you know the answer.

I will get a new job probably from the beginning of May, with this I will also get social health insurance (a lot better than interglobal, etc) and my wife can be covered on it as well. But, we will receive ( from a white stork) a baby one month later. Is it possible to get reimbursement for the delivery? and how much percent are we talking about?

Anyone got an idea?

 

[epigene]

Yes, you will be reimbursed for expenses you pay to the maternity hospital. The percentage depends on the municipal government, so I can't say how much.

When I had my babies 20-some years ago, I had all of the hospital expenses covered and a little more, and that was at a municipality in Kanagawa Prefecture for the first baby and a municipality of Tokyo for the second. So, the percentages were different. And that was with kokumin kenko hoken, since my husband and I didn't have corporate employers and therefore no "kouseinenkin hoken."

I don't know how much you can get, but considering the government concern regarding the falling birth rate, I guess you can get covered substantially and might even get a bonus. You should consult the local municipal government on how much you are entitled to receive.