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> Those who test negative will be allowed to leave between Wednesday and Friday, while those who test positive will be hospitalized. The same measures will appl
by DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
> Those who test negative will be allowed to leave between Wednesday and Friday, while those who test positive will be hospitalized. The same measures will apply to crew members. Most of the passengers to be released on Wednesday will be Japanese, with priority being given to the elderly.
How is this enforced? Do they shepherd the infected straight into quarantine after the test, or is it more of a "we trust that you go there now" kind of a situation?
And how is that enforced on those that don't have health insurance - is covid automatically covered?
I wonder (not so much about Japan, where things tend to go down mostly orderly) about other countries with poor healthcare. How is it "managed" in areas where people are already misinformed and/or maybe who rather take the risk (to themselves and others) of sitting it out, because they fear costs or other drawbacks (losing your job etc).
- aikinai 7y agoEveryone in Japan is covered. Even if they find out you weren’t paying, you just owe the back payments for the public option but they never consider your coverage lapsed.
- Aeolun 7y agoStill need to have an insurance card from city hall though. You are not ‘automatically’ covered.
- eecc 7y agoI doubt you’d be turned away under these circumstances
- Aeolun 7y agoOh, yeah. I think Corona patients get free care from the moment they test as positive. Strangely enough you still need to pay for the test, but meh :P
- aikinai 7y agoJust looked it up and yeah, you’re right; it is possible to be totally uninsured. Fortunately, even worst case you’d only pay 3 times the insured cost and be able to deduct from taxes, so it’d still be cheaper than somewhere like the US.
- Aeolun 7y agoTo some extend, you’d be able to sign up at city hall and still get a discount regardless of whether you’ve paid the premium (which would be like 6000 yen per year if you have no income). I think city hall would come after you after about a year or so, and then you could call them and set up a deferred payment plan (or get the cost completely rescinded maybe).
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- rfoo 7y agoCOVID-19 is automatically covered, even for foreigners since it was declared as a 指定感染症. You have to be tested positive before get covered, though.
- allovernow 7y ago>Those who test negative will be allowed to leave between Wednesday and Friday Are the people designing these policies not aware that current test kits have upwards of 50% false negative rate? Edit: I can't find the source so take this with a grain of salt.