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There are rumors that the examination of indemnity insurance will become more difficult from next month, so there are cases of hiring a tour bus and undergoing expedition surgery.

Hospitals are encouraging surgery as they say it is their last chance, but it is even more problematic because there are cases where surgery is not necessary.



Reporter Im Tae-woo reports.



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An eye hospital in Seoul.



When I revealed that the patient was in his 50s, he immediately asked me to start with a cataract test,



[Hospital official: Are you 58?

Then you will usually go for a cataract examination, but the cost will be covered by the actual insurance.]



He talks about surgery, saying that the insurance premium review will become more complicated soon.



[Hospital official: Even now, in the month of April, it is said that it becomes a little more difficult, the examination.]



There are not one or two hospitals like this.



[Hospital official: Because of the story from the media, there are many people who want to have surgery in March.

If you say that you have made a decision, I think you should make a reservation early.]



In fact, cataract insurance paid by three non-life insurance companies last month averaged 2.6 billion won per day and 80 billion won per month, up more than 50% from last year.



There is a high possibility that the number of surgeries that are not necessary has increased.



Insurance companies are conducting field investigations against over-treated hospitals and accusing them of illegal medical practices, but this is not enough to prevent insurance premiums from leaking through 'anxiety marketing'.



[Insurance company official: I recently hired a bus, and planners gathered people in the provinces, so this was a one-night, two-day operation, so I went up to the surgery, slept in Seoul, and the next morning I did one more and connected to Seoul tourism…

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Insurance companies plan to find and report hospitals that force false advertisements or unnecessary procedures, but as long as some hospitals make easy money, this is expected to continue for the time being.



(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)