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398 insurance drugs to fall under new reimbursement schedules.
The MOHW announced for 398 drugs to change their insurance reimbursement plans, allocating them to the insurance reimbursement book, the insurance non-reimbursement book and the upper limit insurance price book.
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Drug industry to resist government price check.
Following the insurance drug price reduction for 3,441 products on March 7, the MOHW plans to resume the price investigation for other rest of insurance drugs from March 19 for 6 weeks in an attempt to price cut off a...
Rep. Kim Won-gil appointed New Health-welfare MinisterThree-term Rep. Kim Won-gil of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party(MDP) was appointed as new Minister of Health and Welfare.
President Kim appointed fired Minister of He...
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Medicine Sales estimated 4.9 trillion won
Domestic medicine sales scale was totalized to reach 4.9 trillion won as the result of increasing demands caused by separation of pharmacy and clinic, last year.
Also, it showed that its supplies to hospital and ...
"Medical treatment charges increased by 41.5%, 8,300 billion won charged to the Korean people"
Regarding the financial break-down of the National Medical Insurance, labor unions denounced the raise in the medical charges as the cause of 8,300 billion won burdened to the people.
Both of the two big labor uni...
Insurance payment level for pharmacies and hospitals to readjust.
It is very likely for the national health insurance reimbursement price level payable to pharmacies and medical institutes to be readjusted in line with the current insurance financial deficit problems.
20 civic gr...
KMA-Health and Welfare Ministry discuss Settlement for Medical Crisis
As met with Choi, Gyu-hak, Senior Presidential Secretary for Welfare and Labor affairs at Chong Wa Dae, on March 19, Chairman Kim, Jae-jung of Korean Medical Association (KMA) transmitted doctor's opinion on recent me...
Health Insurance premium increase, caused by financial break-down
Health and Welfare Committee members of the National Assembly urged the Government to prepare a resolution of the financial problem of the insurance, pointing out that the financial break-down was due to a lack of pre...
Medicine cost increased by 15.5% after the separation system
While a countermeasure is being considered on the level of the whole government to deal with the financial difficulties of the National Health Insurance, the medicine cost has increased by 15.5% from 2,446 won (June, ...
Gov' t prepares Measures against Medical Insurance Crisis on March, 24.
As the crisis of medical insurance finance is getting more and more worse, Government is planning to prepare the comprehensive steps as Minister's meeting presided over by Prime Minster Lee Han-dong will be opened on ...
