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However, some point out that health insurance premiums do not accurately reflect the money I earn now. In particular, self-employed business owners may not be able to receive payments based on the cost of health insurance even though their income has decreased significantly due to the recent lack of business due to Corona19.

Reporter Jeong Seong-jin pointed out this part.

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The National Health Insurance Corporation's office attracted more than twice as many people as usual.

[Claim A: (Health insurance premium) is over 10,000 won, so I don't think it can be applied to (disaster aid), so I'm telling you that it will be adjusted ... .]

Mostly it is to apply for a request to lower the health insurance premium payment.

[Claim B: I have nothing and I'm an old man, but it's too much for me, the premium. So I wonder if it can't be adjusted ... .]

Local residents also complained that there was a problem with equity.

This is because insurance premiums are set based on earned income for job applicants, but local subscriber insurance premiums take into account not only business, interest, and pension income, but also property such as real estate and vehicles.

If a family of four self-employed who earns 2 million won a month and 24 million won a year has 300 million won of real estate, the health insurance premium is 300,000 won.

It is the top 30% of the dry premium, so you cannot receive disaster assistance.


[Small Business Owner Local C: Our (shop) is 15 pyeong, and if the pyeongsu count is our pyeongsu (health insurance premium), it is over 300,000 won. Medical insurance (health insurance) only.]

For local entrepreneurs, such as small business owners and self-employed persons, the insurance premium is calculated based on the income of two years ago, and in the case of less than 100 employees, last year's income is calculated.

[Yang Sung-il / Head of Social Welfare Policy Division, Ministry of Health and Welfare: Confirming the decrease in income, allowing them to enter the bottom 70% of the line so that they can operate according to the purpose of the emergency disaster support fund… .]

The government decided to come up with a common standard to reflect the decline in income, but left the final decision on whether to pay.

(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Video editing: Park Ji-in)