Is health care in your country fair to everyone?

Korea has universal health insurance.

>> Korea has a universal health insurance.

Nearly all Koreans are beneficiaries of the program, therefore almost reaching the goalof providing health insurance for all Korean citizens.

>> Nearly all Koreans are beneficiaries of the program, therefore it almost reaches the goal of providing health insurances to all Korean citizens.

The insurance is funded by contributions by employees, government subsidies, and tobacco surcharges and the National Health Insurance Corporation is the main supervising institution.

The program is fair in practice; it gives the same amount of medical expenses and reimbursements for all citizens, regardless of how much they paid.

The National Health Insurance started to develop deficits starting 1996, when the total health expenditures exceeded the total income.

>> The National Health Insurance started to develop deficits in 1996, when the total health expenditures exceeded the total income.

The government has been raising the insurance premiums to make up for the deficit, but many health policy experts predict that the increase will not solve the deficit.

>> The government has been raising the insurance premiums to make up for the deficit, but many health policy experts predicted that the increase will not solve the deficit.

The insurance generally covers the medical cost up to 50%, the rest of them is paid by a patient.

In case of the serious illness such as cancer, your cost will be reduced to 5%.