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Ministry of Health and Welfare approves first phase of health insurance coverage reform: 1.97 million people to receive about 800 billion won annually as patient co-payment cut from 10% to 7%
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- The Ministry of Health and Welfare approved the first phase of the health insurance coverage reform plan through the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee, lowering the patient co-payment rate for rare and severe intractable diseases from 10% to 7% starting in December.
- The change covers 1,389 rare diseases and 234 severe intractable diseases, with 1.36 million patients eligible, and a total of 1.97 million people are expected to receive annual medical cost relief of about 800 billion won.
- Starting in January next year, support for two dental implants will be introduced for people aged 65 and older, and the health insurance premium rate for 2027 will be frozen at 7.19%, the same as this year.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 보건복지부, 건강보험 보장 1단계 혁신방안 의결…중증·희귀질환자 등 197만 명에 연 8천억 원 지원, 본인부담률 10%→7%로 인하
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