[Archyde.com, Seoul 6th]–Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, has proposed to apply public medical insurance to the treatment of thinning hair, and there are controversies over its pros and cons.
Nearly 10 million people are suffering from thinning hair this week, but many of them are expensive to treat, so they are ordering medicines from overseas or substituting them for benign prostatic hyperplasia. He showed the idea of being covered by medical insurance.
This proposal was a big reaction, and a video of Mr. Lee playing a thin-haired commercial saying that he was the best candidate for “your hair” spread.
While some agree with Lee, the opposition criticizes it as a new populist policy. Former doctor Ahn Cheol-soo, a candidate for the People’s Party, criticized Lee’s proposal as irresponsible, saying that if he wins, he will reduce the price of generic drugs and invest in the development of new treatments. Appealed.
Mr. Lee promoted the introduction of basic income when he was governor of Gyeonggi Province, and became famous for his aggressive measures against the new coronavirus.
Lee Sang-yi, a professor at Jeju National University School of Medicine, pointed out that the National Health Insurance is intended to support people suffering from serious illnesses, and if hundreds of billions of won are spent on hair thinning treatment, the system could get stuck.
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