Healthcare in Japan

Healthcare in Japan

by Steave Ford
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/essay/2009/ey20091002/ey20091002main.htm?print=noframe

This time I want talk about healthcare.
Now I live in Japan, and I was thinking that Japanese healthcare system is natural in the world before.
But, My opinion is not truth in the world.
How about in America?
How about in Chinese?
How about in Africa...
Around the world has different type of system in healthcare.
America has not universal healthcare but, they can insure in a private company.
Before, I saw American hasband and wife said that "We need universal healthcare"
When I saw the TV, I felt American want to new deal.
And,this time Mr.Obama said that, "I will hammer out universal healthcare".
But,Republican Party said that "there is no mony in America".
Now,they can't believe Mr.Obama.
After that, how to proceed for the future in this problems.




＊＊＊Words I couldn't understand＊＊＊

1,fooling around:（遊び回る）
＜to spend time doing something that you enjoy, but that does not have a particular purpose ＞
Having spent a lifetime of traveling and fooling around in a lot of different countries means that, in addition to enjoying various cultures and cuisines, I've also had a number of chances to experience the diversity of healthcare on offer throughout the world.
realized:（気づく）
＜to know and understand something, or suddenly begin to understand it＞
I also realized how lucky I'd been to have avoided serious ailments and accidents while on the road.
2,witnessed:（目の当たりにする）
＜someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened＞
I even witnessed the medical treatment in Mongolia through the eyes of my wife, who was in a hospital there during a summer visit to her home town of Ulan Bator.
3,universal healthcare:（国民皆保険制度）
the heated debate over universal healthcare insurance in the United States seems a little silly.
4,silly: （ばかげている）
＜not sensible, or showing bad judgment＞
For some of us living in Japan who take decent healthcare for granted,
the heated debate over universal healthcare insurance in the United States seems a little silly.
5,affordable:（手頃な価格の）
＜to have enough money to buy or pay for something＞
If having access to more or less affordable healthcare makes one a socialist,
then I guess that would make almost all of us living in Japan socialists.
6,aging population（高齢化）
Japan may have to deal with complex social problems involved in caring for an aging population
7,flawlessl（そつなく）
＜having no mistakes or marks, or not lacking anything ＞
It functions flawlessly and even though health insurance and healthcare are among my largest expenses.
8,awfully（とても、重ね重ね）
＜very＞
I'm awfully glad to have it.
9,diabetes（糖尿病）
＜ a serious disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood＞
check on the progress of my diabetes.
10,financial ruin（経済的破綻）
＜ruin means to spoil or destroy something completely＞
but as it stands now people here don't face financial ruin and bankruptcy on a scale like the U.S., where according to a recent study, 62 percent of bankruptcies were related to health care costs.


See y0u　next time☆