Korea‘s health insurance outlays up 3.5% in first half

Korea's health insurance payments for examination and treatment rose 3.5 percent on-year in the first half of this year, showing the decreasing trend compared to 4.9 percent in 2011 and 11.9 percent in 2009, data showed Thursday.

According to the data by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), a total of 24.76 trillion won was paid over six months of this year by the public health ...