Negotiation on 2003 medical treatment/dispensing charges broken off

Business sources say that the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and medical/pharmaceutical circles held a meeting on November 15th on the medical treatment/dispensing charges (hospitalization fee, doctor's diagnosis fee, pharmacist's drug dispensing fee) in 2003 but failed to reach an agreement.

Now that the November 15th is the expiration date for the contract between both parti...