Number of foreign beneficiaries of health insurance rises 3.1 times

The number of foreign residents in the nation, which benefit from the national health insurance, increased to 246,887 people in 2006 from 79,188 people in 2002, announced the National Health Insurance Corporation recently.

An average foreigner spent 262,747 won on medical fees last year, and 62 percent of foreign residents visited hospitals one or more treatments at hospitals.

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