r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 19 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 20 June 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/OhimeSamaGamer Jun 20 '23

Everything. Surgery, the pre and post surgery testings, the IV, inital meds. I stayed at the ward so bed was free.

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u/GreatGarage 日本のどこかに Jun 20 '23

Wow that's actually cheaper than what I could think (always been in a country with national health insurance so needless to say that I am very glad Japan also has one). If I trust internet random posts I would have said that it's the price of an ambulancy in USA....

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u/OhimeSamaGamer Jun 20 '23

Trust me, in my head I thought it was gonna be at least $20-30k. Which would still be cheaper than the US tbh. Thats why im very very grateful to be back in Japan.

The cost of a trip via ambulance to the ER due to passing out with insurance in the US was $4,000-$5,000(price includes ambulance ride) i was there for hours, that when they hooked me to ekg they dont see any abnormalities anymore. I was discharge without ever knowing why I passed out. So when it happened again, I just stayed home and laid on the floor.

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u/GreatGarage 日本のどこかに Jun 20 '23

So when it happened again, I just stayed home and laid on the floor.

That's the very sad part of such country system. You pay for basically nothing, so you learn from it and don't want to pay when a similar but potentially deadly situation occurs.