About this session
A configurable Japan healthcare financial-planning program focused on how healthcare costs move across public health insurance, statutory cost protections, employer or insurer-specific healthcare support, private medical insurance, and personal spending.
Healthcare Financial Planning 101 creates a practical healthcare-cost map, then the organization can add deeper sessions around the parts of the system most relevant to its workforce.
What your people take away
- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101 and the Japan Healthcare Cost Map
- Help employees distinguish public health insurance, High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit, employer or insurer additional benefits, private medical insurance, and personal costs
- Build deeper understanding of hospitalization, Advanced Medical Care, Selected Medical Care, prescriptions, private insurance, dental, recurring healthcare, and long-term care
- Reflect the August-2026 High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit changes and current MyNa Health Insurance Card framework
- Add family healthcare, employer-benefit, or international-employee education where relevant
- Keep detailed government-benefit eligibility, the complete employee-benefits package, retirement planning, tax planning, medical advice, and insurance recommendations separate
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Healthcare Financial Planning 101A focused 30-minute session on the essentials of Healthcare Financial Planning 101: start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101, build the Japan Healthcare Cost Map and what employees gain.
- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Build the Japan Healthcare Cost Map
- What employees gain
Covers Healthcare Financial Planning 101, in brief.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101A practical introduction to Japan's health-cost system, helping employees understand how public health insurance, statutory cost protection, employer or insurer-specific support, private medical insurance, and personal out-of-pocket costs can fit together.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Public insurance and cost protectionBuilds on the 60-minute session. Participants also go deeper into public insurance and cost protection.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public insurance and cost protection
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101 and Public insurance and cost protection.
3 hours
3 Hours — Modules 1 to 3: Private cover and everyday costsBuilds on the 90-minute session. Participants also go deeper into private cover and everyday costs.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public insurance and cost protection
- Module 3: Private cover and everyday costs
- Live Q&A
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101, Public insurance and cost protection and Private cover and everyday costs.
Full day
Full Day — The Complete ProgramAll four modules in depth, from the first module through every deep dive, with time for each person to map what applies to them and the actions to take next.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public insurance and cost protection
- Module 3: Private cover and everyday costs
- Module 4: Long-term care, reviews, employer cover and newcomers
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
What’s covered
Healthcare Financial Planning 101
Every length- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101Employees learn the six financial layers behind Japanese healthcare: the healthcare need, public insurance, statutory cost protection, employer or private coverage, personal cost exposure, and the next financial action worth checking.
- Build the Japan Healthcare Cost MapParticipants privately map where public insurance, High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit, employer or Health Insurance Society benefits, private insurance, and personal costs may fit around common healthcare situations.
What employees gain
- A simple map of how Japanese public health insurance, statutory cost protections, employer or insurer-specific support, private medical insurance, and personal spending can interact
- Greater confidence understanding statutory co-payments, the High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit, the new 2026 annual ceiling, and costs that remain outside the ceiling
- A clearer understanding of MyNa Health Insurance Card, Selected Medical Care, Advanced Medical Care, and common hospitalization cost gaps
- Better questions to ask hospitals, pharmacies, public insurers, private insurers, and employer-plan administrators before paying for healthcare
Public insurance and cost protection
90 minutes and longer- Public Health Insurance, Co-payments & MyNa Health Insurance CardEmployees learn Japan's public health-insurance structure, patient cost sharing, and the current MyNa / eligibility-document system without turning the session into payroll education.
- High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit & the 2026 Annual CeilingEmployees learn the statutory protection against very high insured medical costs, including the major August-2026 reform.
- Hospital Costs, Special Rooms & Advanced / Selected Medical CareEmployees learn the hospital costs that can remain outside ordinary public insurance and statutory high-cost protection.
- Prescriptions, Generic Medicines & Recurring Medicine CostsEmployees learn how insured prescriptions, generic alternatives, current brand-name medicine rules, and recurring pharmacy costs affect personal spending.
Private cover and everyday costs
3 hours and longer- Private Medical, Cancer & Advanced Medical CoverEmployees learn how voluntary private medical protection supplements Japan's public system without recommending an insurance product.
- Mental Health, Chronic Conditions & Recurring Outpatient CostsEmployees map recurring healthcare costs across public insurance, public cost support, employer services, private cover, and personal spending.
- Pregnancy, Childbirth & Family Healthcare CostsEmployees learn how public health insurance, childbirth support, insured medical treatment, family healthcare, and personal costs can change when a family grows.
- Dental, Vision & Other Self-Pay Healthcare CostsEmployees learn where ordinary public insurance applies and where dental, vision, cosmetic, or other healthcare choices can become self-pay.
Long-term care, reviews, employer cover and newcomers
Full day only- Long-Term Care, Home Care & Ageing Healthcare CostsEmployees learn how medical insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance interact financially when supporting ageing or care-dependent family members.
- Healthcare Cost Review, Claims & Life EventsEmployees build a repeatable healthcare-financial review around insurer changes, family changes, high-cost treatment, private policies, long-term care, and recurring costs.
- Employer Health Insurance Society Additional Benefits & System CoordinationConnect the employee population's actual health insurer and employer healthcare benefits with statutory public insurance, private insurance, and personal healthcare costs.
- International Employees: Public Insurance, MyNa & Overseas Healthcare CostsHelp recent arrivals and internationally mobile employees understand Japanese public health-insurance administration, MyNa, and the limits of overseas medical reimbursement.
Tools and materials
- Japan Healthcare Cost Map participant worksheet
Who it’s for
- Japan HR, Benefits, Total Rewards, and Wellbeing teams
- Financial-wellbeing programs with a healthcare-cost component
- Organizations whose workforce uses a Health Insurance Society or Kyokai Kenpo
- Organizations offering private medical or healthcare-related employee benefits
- Employees facing recurring specialist, prescription, mental-health, dental, or rehabilitation costs
- Organizations with significant parent, family, or caregiver populations
- Workforces supporting ageing parents or family members
- International or recently arrived employee populations needing Japanese healthcare-system orientation
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan
How long is Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan?
Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers the essentials of Healthcare Financial Planning 101: start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101, build the Japan Healthcare Cost Map and what employees gain. A 60-minute session covers Healthcare Financial Planning 101 in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Public insurance and cost protection. A 3-hour session adds Private cover and everyday costs. A full-day session adds Long-term care, reviews, employer cover and newcomers.
Can Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Healthcare Financial Planning - Japan to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.