A bill to increase the upper limit of the penalty surcharge imposed on drugs caught doing illegal rebates, and allowing the use of the surcharge as a resource for catastrophic health projects passed the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 21st.

In the session, the NA passed the bill for the partial amendment of the National Health Insurance Act that was proposed by Yongho Lee as the representative, and the altered bill for the partial amendment to the Catastrophic Health Expenditure Support Act that was submitted as an alternative by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.

Thus, following the government’s promulgation of the laws, the upper limit of the penalty surcharge im