Hello all,
After perusing the wiki and searching some keywords I still haven't found information about this so, here it goes.
I am probably transferring to the Japanese branch of my company and one of my worries are the differences between the medical coverage back home and that of the national insurance in Japan.
I understand that national insurance covers 70% of visits and similar IF they are required. I got mixed data on if there is a cap to the expenses or if there is a supplementary insurance that can be bought to cover that.
Additionally, I have asthma and a mildly elevated BP which makes me a chronic patient and daily consumer of medicine. I've read that some doctors will only prescribe 1-month of medicine for this. Besides the madness of having to take a day off for a refill monthly, I could not translate Seretide or its components to find them in the government's drug price list. So the second question: Does the insurance cover part or all of the chronic medicine? The same applies for my wife who needs Thyroid medication as well.
Thanks in advance
by arg_raiker