The ruling party and the government's move to expand access to patients with severe and rare diseases, which was President Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential pledge, is notable. On the 21st, the People's Power, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance will hold a policy meeting at the National Assembly to prepare measures to support the treatment of severe and rare diseases. The move is aimed at collecting opinions from private experts on the establishment of nursing hospitals specializing in severe and rare diseases and supporting medical expenses for new drugs for rare diseases and reflecting them in related policies and budgets.

The policy meeting will be attended by Peo