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indemnity medical insurance subscribers claim insurance payments, there are many documents to be removed and often give up due to troublesomeness. Amendments to the related law have been proposed several times to improve this, but it has been in place for 10 years.
Reporter Kim Jung-woo reports.
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order to claim indemnity medical insurance, members must send receipts directly to the insurance company.
In the case of hospitalization and surgery, dozens of documents must be submitted, so there is little hassle.
[Lee Sang-wook/Cheonan Seobuk-gu: It's a level that the elderly can't do. There was a bit of inconvenience of having to send a picture again when an error occurs.]
Nearly half of the rate of not claiming insurance money even after receiving medical treatment, many answered that
it was cumbersome to
issue and send documents.
It would be easy to have the hospital send the relevant documents directly to the insurance company when paying for medical treatment.
Some analysts say that it is due to concerns that the information on medical expenses is passed to the insurance company through the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, which sets the insurance fee, and that it is because of the concern that sensitive profit information from hospitals may accumulate and strengthen control of non-indemnity areas.
[Gyu-Yeol Ji/Insurance Director of the Korean Medical Association: Through patient information, patient treatment information or medical bills are accumulated and used as a basis for subscribing to insurance, renewal, or refusal of payment in the future.]
Democratic Party Rep. Kim Byung-wook re-introduced the bill with five related bills initiated from the National Assembly in their twenties, but subscribers' convenience has been pushed to the back, and the tug-of-war continues.