"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi:brlt8s$4cruc$1@ID-101276.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:7tuDb.1900$747.520@news1.dion.ne.jp...
> > And just pray that you don't suddenly need medical treatment in Japan,
as
> > without health insurance, you will probably be turned away by most
places.
>
> This at least is not true. We use expat insurance (which is the same as no
> insurance as far as the hospital is concerned), and have never been turned
> away. In fact, IME they will treat you without even first verifying that
you
> have means to pay, unlike most US hospitals, where they want an insurance
> card or credit card up front.
>

That's right. They don't verify the payment before treatment, which is a
humanly thing to do.