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11-11-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
It`s fairly accurate, but I do believe that the out of pocket costs have risen recently, and there was a HUGE change to the elderly plan. The ideas are right, but it`s a couple years out of date.

It also seems to be heavily weighed toward Tokyo - there are small differences between the regions, most visibly with up until what age children are fully covered.

Japan`s medical system has a bad image with foreigners, it seems, but I personally prefer it.
thanks a bunch for your help....

hehe, i'll let you know what i think about the health service sometime next year when i'm in tokyo... for me, the french system is THE BEST, from my poiint of view as i regularly need medical attention...
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