SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Six in ten South Koreans support ‘Mooncare’, a presidential initiative to expand health insurance coverage, but the majority of the public aren’t keen on health insurance premium increases, a new survey has found. According to survey results released by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) on Thursday, nearly 60 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sep 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A congressional investigation revealed that some of the high-income earners have evaded health care insurance payments by registering their young children as head of the business. According to Congressman Kim Jae-won (New Frontier Party), a member of the National Assembly’s Health & Welfare Committee, who reviewed data submitted by the [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) –The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service will roll up its sleeves to put brakes on hospitals abusing ultrasonography test. The figures for last year’s expenditure by patients on ultrasonography test certainly look suspicious enough to raise some eyebrows. The health insurance service estimated the total expenditure made by patients for [...]