News About: Goverment
Humidifier sterilizers to be designated as quasi-drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Friday that sterilizers in home humidifiers will be designated as quasi-drugs after concluding they caused a mysterious lung disease that resulted in the death of a number of pr...
Government seeking health insurance reform
Korea’s health insurance will not be sustainable if nothing is done to improve its finances. Losses are destined to snowball. As the losses are covered by government subsidies, they will put an enormous strain on the ...
Revision of Pharmaceutical Affairs Law hits snag
A bill to revise the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, designed to allow the sale of painkillers and cold medicines at convenience stores, is unlikely to be endorsed within this year as lawmakers from the Grand National Par...
Health insurance fee to rise 2.8%
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday it will raise health insurance premiums by 2.8 percent beginning next year. Under the ministry's plan, individual subscribers and workplace subscribers must pay an add...
Government to increase hospital treatment fee by 1.7%
The government said on November 15 that it will increase the medical fee at hospital by 1.7 percent in 2012, according to Ministry of Health and Welfare.
A ministry spokesperson said the hike was inevitable because...
Government urged to take bolder steps to rid medical sector of corrupt practices
It has long been a tough challenge for health authorities to break corrupt ties between drug makers, doctors and pharmacists.
Unfortunately, however, there are still many medical professionals who do not feel compu...
KORUS-FTA ratification unlikely increase healthcare costs: health ministry
A report released on November 10 said that the country’s medical bills will not go up drastically as the medical segment is not opened to foreign competition, even if a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement goes through.
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Arterial embolism in elderly patients on rise
The number of people suffering from arterial embolism has increased 34.2 percent over the past five years, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said Thursday.
Arterial embolism is a sudden inte...
Korean drug makers witness average 14 percent in sales in 10 years
The Korean pharmaceutical industry has seen its sales rise 14 percent over the past ten years without undergoing any ups and downs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday.
In a local symposium held on Tues...
Bill proposed for promoting prescription refill system
A governing party lawmaker has submitted a revision bill seeking to allow the re-use of a prescription .
“I have proposed the bill to permit patients with chronic disease to re-use their prescription only one time ...
