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Health insurance finance approved by the government alone

By Lee, Jeong-Hwan | translator Kim, Jung-Ju

23.08.10 16:24:15

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Concerns about reducing the voting rights of health insurance subscribers, ¡°Excessive government discretion¡±

Analysis of the 2022 Ministry of Health and Welfare Settlement by the Ministry of Budget and Policy


It was pointed out again that health insurance finance should be included in the national finance and operated as a fund. There are concerns that if the health insurance finances are managed without going through deliberation by the National Assembly as it is now, transparency will be reduced and it can lead to negligence. The current method of independently reviewing and approving health insurance finances by the Ministry of Health and Welfare has also been criticized for being excessively discretionary and reducing the authority of health insurance subscribers.

On the 10th, the National Assembly Budget Office announced this through an analysis of the Ministry of Health and Welfare¡¯s financial statem

Lee, Jeong-Hwan(junghwanss@dailypharm.com)
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