Article 84High-Cost Medical Expenses

①When the amount of co-payment prescribed in Article 67 with respect to benefits for medical treatment or the amount calculated by deducting, from the amount of expenses incurred in medical treatment (excluding dietary treatment and living support; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the amount paid as medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, or special medical expenses with respect to the expenses incurred in the medical treatment, or the amount equivalent to the difference paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) (referred to as the "amount of co-payment, etc." in paragraph (1) of the following Article) is extremely large, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pays high-cost medical expenses to the insured that received the benefits for medical treatment, or the payment of the medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, or special medical expenses.

②The requirements for payment and the amount of high-cost medical expenses and other necessary matters concerning the payment of high-cost medical expenses shall be prescribed by Cabinet Order by taking into consideration the impact of the burden of the expenses incurred in the relevant medical treatment on household finances, in particular the household finances of persons who continuously receive medical treatment over a long period, and the amount of expenses incurred in the medical treatment.