• th3dogcow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if all medical institutions will have the required equipment to read the cards by the deadline? Most of the places around here don’t have them. And although I have the card, I’ve never tried using the machine.

    Does anyone know if you have to enter the PIN when it is scanned? That would be annoying if so.

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      1 year ago

      The cards can be read by a ~2k JPY USB device and many other phones/tablets. I think the software might be the higher barrier to entry. Whether or not the PIN is required is an interesting question. If the data is merely passthrough to the insurance/govt systems, it may not be. Then again, they may require it to prove the card is yours (because no one would ever share a password, right?). Granted, this is speculation on my part.