• PenguinMage@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Thankfully no tip line on those bills, but zero consolidation does make it hard to set up payments and know everything is taken care of… if that’s even possible.

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        3 days ago

        That’s so scary not knowing whether a debt has been paid off properly or not.

        While I appreciate my Japanese healthcare (I find it a bit better than Canada’s), it’s kinda weird not knowing the ballpark amount I’m going to pay BEFORE seeing the doctor. I get a bill at the end of my visit. They have an itemized list of things they did. Each item is given “points,” and they’re converted into yen at the end. I’m not even sure what each point amounts to how many yen (although, that’s purely on me, the answer is probably a duckduckgo search away). I don’t like the feeling that I might end up with a surprisingly expensive bill.