Medical insurance reimbursement payment to adjust 20% upward in 2 years.

In the economic ministerial meeting headed by Prime Minister Lee Han-dong on Aug. 9, it was decided that the current medical insurance reimbursement payment established at merely 80% of the medical cost would be increased to a realistic level in 2 years to come.

This announcement seemed to show a government gesture to appease doctors at the time of medical communities' protracted strike agai...