(JULY 22, 2026) PRESS CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL, ESSENTIAL, AND PUBLIC MEDICAL CARE | REPUBLIC OF KO..

📌 4:03 Start Link [The World Envies Korea in Many Aspects... Well-Established Healthcare System]
✔ The healthcare system is returning to normal in a short period of time
▪️Korean medical professionals contribute significantly to the world's most exemplary model
▪️Long-term chaos in the medical system... Necessary medical reforms are underway
▪️Significant progress made on medical school quota issues through cooperation from civil servants and politicians
▪️Substantial progress achieved in key areas of medical reform
▪️Proven that certain conclusions can be reached through dialogue and persuasion during the reform process

✔ Significant problems occurring in regional, essential, and public healthcare sectors
▪️Gaps in regional, essential, and public healthcare... Issues can only be solved with institutional improvements
▪️Rationalizing the medical fee system is crucial
▪️Expansion of public healthcare... Need to strengthen national community responsibility
▪️Issues in public/essential healthcare... Policies being reviewed to enhance government responsibility
▪️Regional healthcare: Supply and demand are currently concentrated on one side
▪️Regional healthcare issues can be addressed by strengthening fair roles
▪️No area impacts the lives of citizens as much as medical issues do
▪️Improving the medical environment is a key element in improving living conditions for balanced regional development