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High-cost medical expense benefit: monthly ceiling and new annual cap, under 70, by income band (care from August 2026 to July 2027)

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from 2026-08-01 · verified 2026-10-24 against the official source

70歳未満 270,300 +(医療費-901,000)× 1% <140,100> 1,680,000 … 住民税非課税 36,900
key
jp/benefits/high-cost-medical-under-70-from-2026-08
value
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period
—
effective
2026-08-01 to 2027-07-31
source
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001726232.pdf
verified
2026-10-24 — fresh (13 days ago; next check by 2026-11-28)
next expected change
none named (irregular: changed by statute or order on no fixed date)
source checked
2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)
scope
児童手当 amounts from 令和6年10月分 (no income limit; paid in even months for the previous two months). 出産育児一時金 from April 2023. 高額療養費 for patients under 70: the table for care up to July 2026, the August 2026 – July 2027 table with the new 年間上限, and the 13-band table from August 2027 (健保 bands by 標準報酬月額; 国保 by 旧ただし書き所得 — see the PDF). 70歳以上 tables are not included.
hash
sha256:a8563159857a31985fbbd3dfbe51e37ff5ca1b71a5d94a70163b5e879c90859d
signature
EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/jp/benefits/high-cost-medical-under-70-from-2026-08?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/jp/benefits/high-cost-medical-under-70-from-2026-08

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