> This is more than the cost of full coverage through the national healthcare system in Japan. Wait, what? I'm curious how you can manage to pay $120 for full

> This is more than the cost of full coverage through the national healthcare system in Japan. Wait, what? I'm curious how you can manage to pay $120 for full coverage in Japan. I'm currently unemployed and will have to pay Y45000 (almost U$600) a month for national healthcare. When I was working I had private insurance provided by the company and of course the company paid part of it, but my share was still way over Y10000.