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Everyone 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 covera

• Aeolun 7y ago
  Still need to have an insurance card from city hall though. You are not ‘automatically’ covered.
  • eecc 7y ago
    I doubt you’d be turned away under these circumstances
    • Aeolun 7y ago
      Oh, 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 ago
    Just 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 ago
      To 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after about a year or so, and then you could call them and set up a deferred payment plan (or get the cost completely rescinded maybe).