Japan government considering cutting health insurance coverage for over-the-counter hayfever medications like Allegra and painkillers like Loxonin

https://president.jp/articles/-/110274?page=1

11 Comments

  1. Correct-Dimension-24 on

    It’s a slippery slope folks.

    The Japanese are clueless I’m sure. This should be halted full stop.

  2. Slowly cutting all the ‘benefits’ while raising the price of everything. 

  3. Wait, there’s a way for us to use health insurance to get a discount on OTC medicines? What’s the procedure?

  4. Cost me about ¥5,000 last time I went to the ENT. I made a big mistake telling him I got a little dizzy. Hearing check, eye cameras for vertigo as well as the usual hay fever clean out.
    In the end, I was given about 48 Allegra.

  5. Dermatology and cancer drugs are next to be cut to save money. Moreover, the reason so many people have allergies in Japan is because of the government policies with reforestation using all the same cedar trees. Hold them accountable

  6. Defiant_Quality_7557 on

    You can buy Allegra and Loxonin cheaply at drugstores anyway. Going to the hospital just to get them seems like more trouble.

  7. just buy the generic from Costco (assuming they have Kirkland Aller-Fex in Japan as well)