Does well:
- legal maternity leave for up to one year (and can be extended)
- you stay in hospital for at least five days (vaginal delivery) or seven (c-sections)
- all medical care and meds for children are free
- vaccination rates are high
- legal maternity leave for up to one year (and can be extended)
- you stay in hospital for at least five days (vaginal delivery) or seven (c-sections)
- all medical care and meds for children are free
- vaccination rates are high
Comments
- accessibility to epidurals
- all pregnancy/delivery costs should be included in the NHI
- genetic testing and some vaccines (RSV, for example) should be covered by the NHI
- childcare should be more accessible (not just working parents)
You get vouchers that take up most of the cost for tests and checkups—but I’ve sometimes had to pay out of pocket from a few hundred yen to a few thousand.
So basically, the vouchers cover the bare, bare minimum 😅
I haven’t had a C-section so I don’t know how much they cost, and I do wonder if the NHI steps in then since it’s a surgery… hmm, I’ll have to look it up!