保険証、原則廃止を　マイナカード普及で―厚労省

　厚生労働省は２５日、マイナンバーカードを健康保険証として利用できる「マイナ保険証」の普及に向け、現行の保険証を原則廃止する案を同日の社会保障審議会（厚生労働相の諮問機関）の部会に示した。２０２３年４月からは、全国の医療機関や薬局でマイナ保険証の運用に必要なシステムの導入を義務付ける方針で、制度の導入加速に向け環境を整備する。
　マイナ保険証は昨年１０月から本格運用された。政府は今年度末までに原則全ての医療機関や薬局で使える環境を整えることを目指しているが、対応できる施設は約２割程度にとどまっている。（2022/05/25-10:58）

Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to scrap the current system of health insurance cards in principle, in order to promote the use of My Number social security and taxation identification cards for proof of health insurance eligibility, it was learned Wednesday.
   The plan was presented to a subcommittee of the Social Security Council, which advises the health minister, the same day.
   The ministry also plans to require medical institutions and pharmacies nationwide to introduce systems necessary for accepting My Number cards as health insurance certificates from April next year.
   The use of My Number cards as health insurance certificates began in earnest last October. While the government is aiming to make the cards available for use at all medical institutions and pharmacies in principle by the end of next March, only about 20 pct of such facilities have introduced systems for accepting the cards so far.
   Under the ministry proposal, medical institutions will be required to introduce the necessary systems from April 2023, while health insurance associations will be able to choose whether to issue existing health insurance cards or switch to the My Number card system during the fiscal year starting in April 2024.