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There is a strong clash between the medical community and the Chinese medicine industry about a pilot project that applies health insurance to medicines prescribed by an oriental medicine patient by patient.

Medical journalist Cho Dong-chan covered what the issues are and what patients think.

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Ministry of Health and Welfare held a health insurance policy deliberation committee last month and decided to carry out a pilot project to apply health insurance for drugs for three years from October.

For three diseases such as stroke sequelae management, facial paralysis, and menstrual pain, it is applied for one day for 10 days for one person per day.

The insured insurance cost is 140,000 to 160,000 won, half of which is paid by health insurance, and is within the limit of 50 billion won.

Doctors' associations and pharmacists are strongly opposed.

[Kim Dae-ha/Korean Medical Association spokesman: It is hard to understand that the government has such a strong will to enforce medicines that have neither scientific grounds nor urgent needs.] The

Korean Medical Association says there are standards set by the government . .

[Jinho Lee/Vice Chairman of the Korean Oriental Medical Association: In the countries that have been confirmed to be effective for patients, the standard is to pay three diseases that have been validated through standard medical guidelines.]

Among health insurance member groups, civic groups, unions, and consumer groups Is said to be in favor of the fact that the price of Chinese medicine can be lowered.

Patient groups such as lung cancer roundabouts and complex area pain syndrome roundabouts are opposed, but the patient group association, which is participating in prudence, expressed its conditional favor.

[Proposed Model / Patient Coalition Chairman: Become a formal demonstration projects are not rather be a pilot project in the course of the three is thoroughly tested for cheopyak where there is medical evidence that argues in one shot -

cheopyak health insurance The pilot project will be decided at the end of this month or at the next month through the plenary session.

(Video coverage: Senior style, Video editing: Hyunki Jang)