Health insurance provides insurance benefits not just to insured persons but also to their dependent family members. These family members are referred to as “dependents”. Family members must meet certain conditions related to “residency in Japan,” “the extent of the family relationship,” and “income” before they are authorized as dependents.
Insured persons for whom the number of dependent family members increases due to marriage, childbirth, etc.
How to apply
If you are a MSDKK or MSDGK employee, please log in to the e-pay application portal site, click the “Add or Remove Eligible Family Members tab” and select the applicable item, and apply for a “Notification of Change in the Number of Eligible Family Members”. After electronic filing is completed, you will receive a set of papers from Payroll Inc. Please fill in those papers and send them back to Payroll Inc. in the enclosed return envelope.
If you are a MSD AH KK employee, contact to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of AH and request the "Application Forms". You will receive a set of papers. Please fill in those papers and send them back to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of AH in the enclosed return envelope.
If you are a ORGANON KK employee, contact to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of ORGANON and request the “Application Forms”. You will receive a set of papers. Please fill in those papers and send them back to TG Japan Inc. in charge of ORGANON in the enclosed return envelope.
Within five days after the reason for adding the family member arises
Notes:
See the Description page for information on standards for certifying dependents.
Documents to attach for dependents who qualify for exceptions to the domestic residency requirement even though they do not have addresses in Japan
Reasons for exception
Certifying documentation
(1)
Student studying abroad
Copy of visa, student ID, certificate of school attendance, certificate of school admission
(2)
Family member accompanying an insured person posted abroad
Copy of visa, written appointment overseas, certificate of residence issued by a foreign public agency, etc.
(3)
Person traveling abroad temporarily for sightseeing, recreation, volunteer activities, or other reasons unrelated to employment
Copy of visa, certificate of agency dispatched for volunteer activities, certificate of consent to participate in volunteer activities
(4)
Person recognized as equivalent to (2) above due to family relationship to an insured person arising while the insured person is posted abroad
Copy of documentation certifying birth, marriage, etc.
(5)
In addition to (1)-(4) above, person recognized to have a livelihood based in Japan in consideration of purposes of traveling abroad and other circumstances
Subject to determination on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Health Insurance Society.
Note: If documents were prepared in a foreign language, please attach a Japanese translation signed by the translator.
Removing a family member
Applies to:
[Insured persons with dependents who meet the following descriptions]
No longer eligible as dependents due to reasons such as employment, living apart from the insured person, or death
No longer satisfy the conditions for certification as dependents due to increased income
No longer rely on the income of the insured person for their livelihood because the insured person no longer provides an allowance
How to apply
If you are a MSDKK or MSDGK employee, please log in to the e-pay application portal site, click the “Add or Remove Eligible Family Members tab” and select the applicable item, and apply for a “Notification of Change in the Number of Eligible Family Members”. After electronic filing is completed, you will receive a set of papers from Payroll Inc. Please fill in those papers and send them back to Payroll Inc. in the enclosed return envelope.
If you are a MSD AH KK employee, contact to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of AH and request the “Application Forms”. You will receive a set of papers. Please fill in those papers and send them back to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of AH in the enclosed return envelope.
If you are a ORGANON KK employee, contact to i6 Consulting Sharoshi Hojin in charge of ORGANON and request the “Application Forms”. You will receive a set of papers. Please fill in those papers and send them back to TG Japan Inc. in charge of ORGANON in the enclosed return envelope.
Please return the Health Insurance Card（until December 1, 2025) or Eligibility Verification Certificate and other certificates of the applicable family member immediately after his/her loss of eligibility for health insurance coverage. If the applicable family member sees a physician using his/her Health Insurance Card（until December 1, 2025) or Eligibility Verification Certificate after his/her loss of eligibility for health insurance coverage, you will be required to return the relevant medical expenses.
