US EditionHair Loss Should Be Under Greater National Health Insurance Coverage: South Korean President Lee
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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.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung suggested that the government consider including treatment for hereditary hair loss in the scope of mandatory national health insurance coverage.
[Digital Daily Reporter Jo Yoon-jung] Following President Lee Jae-myung's directive to actively consider applying health insurance coverage for hair loss treatments, "hair loss-themed stocks" are heating up in the domestic stock market. The president, who declared hair loss not simply a cosmetic issue but a "matter of survival," signaled his commitment to policy implementation, leading to a surge in buying power in related pharmaceutical and bio…
Doctors oppose national insurance coverage of hair loss treatment
Doctors criticized President Lee Jae Myung's suggestion to cover hair loss treatment with the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), questioning whether baldness should take priority over more serious illnesses.
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..."
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