Expanding the scope of 'support for medical expenses for rare diseases' and easing income standards

The number of people eligible for medical expenses support projects that reduce out-of-pocket expenses for rare patients has been expanded from this year and income standards have also been relaxed, allowing more patients to benefit.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the number of low-income health insurance subscribers who support their out-of-pocket expenses among those enrolled in special cases for calculating rare diseases has eased by 10-20% to less than 140% of median income since this year.

The number of target diseases has also increased by 60 from 1,200 to 1,338.

In addition, the medical certificate submitted when applying for medical expenses has been improved to the final diagnosis name, regardless of whether it is a columnar or injured disease, and the written claim method has been added by mail and fax in addition to the existing visit application.