News - South Korea: Cancer the Cause for Increase in Health Insurance Premiums

Source: Asia Insurance Review | Apr 2008

Private health insurance premiums are rising rapidly in South Korea, with the growing cost of cancer care partly to blame. Insurance prices are rising due to the country’s decision to recognise an international reclassification of some “borderline” tumours as malignant cancers.

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