Implementation of out-of-pocket ceiling system to be withheld

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has decided to postpone the implementation of a new out-of-pocket ceiling system (a patient should burden his/her medical outlay of 3 million won for 6 months), which is scheduled to take place in oncoming May, because of the need to review the linkage with the current compensation system (50 percent of total medical cost is compensated, when it exceeds 1.2 mi...