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Nursing Care Insurance Premiums 1. People 65 and over (Class I-insured) Until March 31, 2006 the insurance fees from the former towns will be used. 【Hawai/Togo】 Income Level Eligible Parties Premium (in yen) Hawai Togo Class I Welfare Recipients Old-age Welfare Pension Recipients, etc. 22,000 23,900 Class II Households exempt from resident’s tax 33,000 35,900 Class III Individuals exempt from resident’s tax 44,000 47,800 Class IV Individuals paying resident’s tax with a total yearly income under 2,000,000 yen 55,000 59,800 Class V Individuals paying resident’s tax with a total yearly income over 20000,000 yen 66,000 71,700 【Tomari】 Income Level Eligible Parties Premium (in yen) Class I Welfare Recipients Old-age Welfare Pension Recipients, etc. 8,100 Class II Households exempt from resident’s tax 21,100 Class III Individuals exempt from resident’s tax 32,400 Class IV Individuals paying resident’s tax with a total yearly income under 2,000,000 yen 40,500 Class V Individuals paying resident’s tax with a total yearly income between 2,000,000 and 7,000,000 yen 48,600 Class VI Individuals paying resident’s tax with a total yearly income above 7,000,000 yen 56,700 The premiums will be standardized in fiscal 2006. During fiscal 2005 a new business plan for the nursing care insurance program will be developed, and the new premiums that begin in fiscal 2006 will be based on this plan. ◇How to Pay Your premiums can be paid by either deductions from your pension (special collection) or ordinary collection by payment slip or bank transfer. ■Special Collection: Two months worth of premiums will be deducted from the bi-monthly pension payments of those who have a old-age/retirement pension valued at over 180,000 yen a year. ■Ordinary Collection: There are eight payment dates for those with old-age/retirement pensions under 180,000 a year, disability pensions, and survivor’s pensions: January, July, August, September, October, November, December, and January. 2. People between 40 and 65 (Class II-insured) The premium will be deducted together as a single payment with the premiums for the insurance plan you are currently enrolled in. The way to calculate the value of the premium differs by the insurance plan you are enrolled in. Half of the premium is paid by the insurance company, but the case of the National Health Insurance Plan, the company pays half. Content of Payments The payments for home services, nursing care at facilities, high-cost nursing care fees and preventative payments will be conducted as before. 窓口受付 Applications for confirmation of need for nursing care, payments for living environment improvement fees, and various applications for things like financial assistance for the purchase of welfare-related foods can all be done at the Senior Citizens Welfare Division, Regional Development Division, and the Togo Area Development Division. 【Contact】 ●Tomari Office 1st Floor-Senior Citizens Welfare Division (34-3117) ●Main Office 1st Floor-Regional Development Division (35-5310) ●Togo Office 1st Floor-Togo Area Development Division (32-1111) 【Back】

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