Health Insurance and Costs
Understand Japan's health insurance system, the thirty-percent co-payment, the payment window, receipts and refunds for expensive treatment.
N4 Topic-Based Conversation — Doctor's Visit & Health Insurance · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- 健康保険（けんこうほけん） (健康保険): health insurance
- 自己負担（じこふたん） (自己負担): one's own share of the cost
- 三割（さんわり） (三割): thirty percent
- 会計（かいけい） (会計): payment, bill
- 領収書（りょうしゅうしょ） (領収書): receipt
- 治療費（ちりょうひ） (治療費): cost of treatment
- 限度額（げんどがく） (限度額): maximum amount, limit
- 加入（かにゅう） (加入): joining, being enrolled
- 扶養（ふよう） (扶養): being a dependent, support
- 払い戻し（はらいもどし） (払い戻し): refund
- 窓口（まどぐち） (窓口): counter, window
- 高額療養費（こうがくりょうようひ） (高額療養費): high-cost medical expense benefit
- 無料（むりょう） (無料): free of charge
- 負担（ふたん） (負担): burden, cost borne by someone
In-lesson practice
- Health Insurance and Costs — Exercises (6 questions)
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- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 47 (5 questions)
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 「健康保険（けんこうほけん）」 mean in this lesson?
- health insurance
- What does 「自己負担（じこふたん）」 mean in this lesson?
- one's own share of the cost
- What does 「三割（さんわり）」 mean in this lesson?
- thirty percent
- What does 「会計（かいけい）」 mean in this lesson?
- payment, bill
- What does 「領収書（りょうしゅうしょ）」 mean in this lesson?
- receipt
- What does 「治療費（ちりょうひ）」 mean in this lesson?
- cost of treatment
- What does 「限度額（げんどがく）」 mean in this lesson?
- maximum amount, limit
- What does 「加入（かにゅう）」 mean in this lesson?
- joining, being enrolled
- What does 「扶養（ふよう）」 mean in this lesson?
- being a dependent, support
- What does 「払い戻し（はらいもどし）」 mean in this lesson?
- refund
- What does 「窓口（まどぐち）」 mean in this lesson?
- counter, window
- What does 「高額療養費（こうがくりょうようひ）」 mean in this lesson?
- high-cost medical expense benefit
- What does 「無料（むりょう）」 mean in this lesson?
- free of charge
- What does 「負担（ふたん）」 mean in this lesson?
- burden, cost borne by someone
- 窓口では三（ ）払います。
- 割 means tenths: 三割 is thirty percent.
- 保険証を忘れた（ ）、全部払わなければなりません。
- The formal conditional pattern is 〜場合は.
- あとで払い戻しを（ ）ことができます。
- 〜ことができます follows the dictionary form: 受けることができます.
- 「領収書」の読み方として正しいものはどれですか。
- 領収書 is read りょうしゅうしょ and means receipt.
- 病院の窓口で「保険証を拝見します」と言われました。どうしますか。
- 拝見します is a humble way of saying I will look at it, so you show the card.
- 治療費がとても高かったとき、利用できる制度はどれですか。
- 高額療養費 is the system that limits or refunds very high medical costs.