The cries that the improvement reduces rather than expand benefits have reached the National Assembly. The government’s improvement plan for the special pharmacoeconomic evaluation (PE) exemption system was brought onto the chopping block at the NA audit.

During the NA audit for the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service that was held on the 13th, Rep. Sun-Woo Kang of the Democratic Party of Korea raised an issue on the PE exemption system improvement plan that had been submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and HIRA.

The “Measure to improve patient access and reinforce reimbursement management for high-priced severe disease treatments” that was recently presented