SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Discussions on the promotion of house calls, in which doctors at local hospitals visit elderly people or patients with severe diseases, are not easily concluded. The Health Insurance Policy Deliberative Committee received a report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare last Wednesday on how to promote the internalization [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will restrict visa extensions for foreigners and Korean nationals residing overseas, starting next month, in case they default on state health insurance fees, government officials said Tuesday. The measure comes as a new rule went into force the same day that requires all foreigners staying in the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign residents in South Korea who default on state health insurance fees will be required to personally pay for all medical costs, the health ministry said Tuesday. Under changes made to the National Health Insurance Act that will go into effect on July 16, foreign nationals who reside in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — All foreigners who stay in South Korea for six months or longer will be required to sign up for the country’s health insurance program to prevent them from receiving medical treatment and leaving without paying insurance fees, the operator of the state medical insurance scheme said Thursday. Under the [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign subscribers to South Korea’s state health insurance program numbered about 1 million in 2018 as more foreigners are staying here, data showed Friday. The number of foreign subscribers, including South Koreans living abroad, stood at 971,199 as of end-December last year, or 1.9 percent of the total subscribers [...]
SEJONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in July, foreign students could end up paying about seven times more for health insurance premiums as they do now as a revised law requires them to join the state health insurance system if their stay in South Korea exceeds six months. So far, most foreign students have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities said Thursday they are pushing to revise relevant laws governing the management of state health insurance schemes amid growing criticism that some foreigners are taking advantage of the system. By law, South Koreans are required to join the system, and foreigners living in South Korea can [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this month, the government is expanding a trial run of allowing more medical institutions to join the hospice industry. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 14 new hospice institutions providing either home or consultation hospice services were given [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday that foreigners should stay at least six months to be eligible for the country’s health insurance program in a move to keep them from taking advantage of a loophole in the system. Currently, foreigners who stay in South Korea for more than three months can [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will strengthen regulations in the country’s health insurance program to prevent foreigners from taking advantage of a loophole in the system. The minimum stay requirement to receive benefits from the national insurance program will be extended from the current three months to six months, [...]