Health insurance fund covers 8.3 trillion won in 2006 drug costs

The national health insurance spent 8.3 trillion won last year to cover medication costs for its subscribers, up 11.8 percent compared with 4.5 trillion won in 2001, according to a recently released government report.

The National Health Insurance Corporation, affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, in releasing the report on medical expenses said, an elderly person spent an aver...