US EditionPresident Lee: "Hair Loss Medication Is a Matter of Survival These days... Consider Applying It to Health insurance."
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Koh Dong-wook and Hwang Yun-gi = On the 16th, President Lee Jae-myung ordered the Ministry of Health and Welfare to review expanding health insurance coverage for hair loss treatment drugs.
At a government meeting on the 16th, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung instructed Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyung to consider making hair loss treatments eligible for public health insurance coverage. Regarding the current situation where hair loss treatments are not covered by insurance, with some exceptions, he said, "In the past, hair loss treatments were considered cosmetic..."
President Lee Jae-myung ordered the Ministry of Health and Welfare to "review the application of health insurance to hair loss and obesity treatment" during a business report on the afternoon of the 16th. After receiving a report on the ministry's major achievements and current status from Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyeong that day, President Lee said, "There is a problem related to health insurance. People don't spend much on heal…
On the 16th, President Lee Jae-myung ordered the Ministry of Health and Welfare to review expanding health insurance coverage for hair loss treatments. At a ministry briefing held at the Sejong Convention Center that day, President Lee questioned the possibility of health insurance coverage, asking, "Isn't hair loss also a part of the disease?"
President Lee Jae-myung addressed the issue of hair loss on the 16th, saying, "In the past, it was considered a cosmetic issue, but these days, it's a matter of survival." He instructed the Ministry of Health and Welfare to review health insurance coverage for hair loss treatments. At a business briefing for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency held at the S…
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