<Anchor> The



government has recently introduced a new policy to prevent sick people from flocking to large hospitals.

People with high blood pressure, gastritis, and diabetes who have no complications were prevented from getting health insurance coverage by going to a large hospital.

That's why I'm going to induce them to go to a local hospital. The policy is good, but there are some things to supplement.

From now on, we will point out this content, but we will tell you in advance that we will call chronic diseases such as hypertension that require constant management as non-severe diseases instead of mild, meaning mild.



First of all, this is Jo Dong-chan, medical reporter.



<Reporter> Since



the 8th, if 100 non-severe patients with no complications such as high blood pressure, diabetes, gastritis, etc. visit a large hospital, they will not be covered by health insurance at all.



Even large hospitals that receive patients often return non-severe patients to local hospitals as the salary of the Health Insurance Corporation is reduced by 30%.



[Yu, Seon-haeng/Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients: I think'I can come anytime', so I'm not so upset with (going to a local hospital).] The



effect of preventing the crowding of large hospitals is expected, but there is a point to supplement.



This grandmother, who is attending Seoul National University Hospital for lung cancer, is being treated for high blood pressure at a local hospital.



[Shim Hye-ja (77 years old)/Lung cancer/high blood pressure patient: I received a prescription from a public health center and took (purchased) medicine at a general pharmacy.]



In this case, the patient has a lot to take care of himself, but it is not easy for severely ill patients.



[Shim Hye-ja (77 years old)/Lung cancer/high blood pressure patient: I will tell you all the words to the head of the public health center.

I can't take



medicine at Seoul

National University Hospital because I did clinical trials.]

[Young-min Cho/Professor of Endocrinology at Seoul National University Hospital: In the case of cancer or heart disease, the treatment can change from time to time, and the treatment will affect blood sugar control. (Non-severe disease) There may be cases in which you need to change the medicine.] The



Ministry of Health and Welfare is planning to consider a plan to receive treatment at a large hospital for patients suffering from both severe and non-severe diseases.



(Video coverage: Choi Ho-jun, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)