Question about a health care in Japan.?

Question:

How much average Japanese family is paying for the Health Insurance. I have no idea, but I suppose it's less than we pay in USA. The health care system in America is terrible. Do you have any idea? Or do you know any site to investigate this matter?

Answer:

First, please understand that health care system in Japan is completely different from American one.

We have National Health Insurance which is an unified health insurance and everyone in Japan must join.

That means insurance cost is unified and decided by the government. It's not each person who decides how much to pay. And it's withheld from your salary every month if you are working as an employee.

Anyway, if you want to know how much we are paying, it's about 30,000 yen a month for an average person. It depends on your income.