After you leave your employer

After leaving your employer, you will lose your eligibility for membership in the Health Insurance Organization and must join the appropriate medical care insurance program based on your individual circumstances.

Return any cards and certificates to the Health Insurance Organization through the employer when you leave your employer

Required documents:
  • Health insurance cards (for the insured person and all dependents, until December 1, 2025)
  • Elderly benefits card, Eligibility Verification Certificate, etc. (if issued)
  • Certificate of application of maximum copayment Amount (if issued)
Submit to: Submit to your company (in charge of social insurance).
Deadline: Within five days after the date of loss of eligibility
Applies to: Insured persons leaving employment and their dependents
Inquiries to: FR Health Insurance Organization

If you wish to remain a member of the Health Insurance Organization

Required documents: Application Form for Certification as Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person
Example
Pledge
(attach to Application for Certification as Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person)
Submit to: Submit to FR Health Insurance Organization
Deadline: Within 20 days after the date of loss of eligibility of the insured person
Applies to: Insured persons who have been insured continuously for at least two months prior to leaving employment
Inquiries to: FR Health Insurance Organization
Notes:
  • Please note that if you do not submit the necessary documents for the Application for Certification as Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person to the Health Insurance Organization within 20 days* of the date on which eligibility was lost (telephone, fax, and web applications are not accepted), your voluntary continuation will not be approved.
    (*"Within 20 days" refers to the date the application is received by the Association, not the postmark date.)
  • When the Health Insurance Organization receives your Application Form for Certification as a voluntarily and continuously insured person, you will be sent the Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person Guide and Information for Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person Applicants, which contains information about premiums (including the initial premium payment due date).
  • Please be aware that even if the Application Form for Certification is submitted, in cases where the initial premium is not received by the payment due date (without justifiable reason), the applicant will be considered to have not become a voluntary and continuously insured person.
  • If you have family dependents, please submit together with "a Notification of Health Insurance Dependent (Change) for voluntarily and continuously insured persons".
    Notification of Health Insurance Dependent (Change) for voluntarily and continuously insured persons
    Example
  • If your name, address, or bank account changes, please submit together with "Notification of Change to Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person’s Name/Address/Bank Account".
    Notification of Change to Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person’s Name/Address/Bank Account
  • Insurance premium payment certificates will be issued upon request. Please contact the Health Insurance Organization for application details.