Newsletter from Health Right Network(2015. Mar/Apr)
1. Claim for official inspections of the Board of Audit and Inspection(seq, BAI) on drug coverage assessment
On last December, one staff of Pfizer Korea attempted to lobby members of drug coverage assessment committee in the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service(seq, HIRA) for the registration of XalcoriⓇ capsule in the drug list. Civil organizations including Health Right Network demanded that the HIRA punish the pharmaceutical firm for the issue and make alternative plans for reinforcing transparency of the committees, but there wer no response for more than 3 months. However, Health Right Network and other related groups claimed the inspection of the BAI on the HIRA due to their nonfeasance till lately.
2. Statement opposing the Medicaid fee notification service
On March 24th, Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that government will launch Medicaid fee notification service of total fee, disease names, and more informations to Medicaid beneficiaries by post, taking effect from next July. This will reproduce the discrimination and stigmas of Medicaid beneficiaries. We claim that the Korean government has been committing immoral acts like this policy to curtail welfare finance through invading health right and other human rights. Health Right Network desperately opposes sthe Park Administration’s human rights ignoring actions.
3. Press conference denouncing welfare finance efficiency plan and five related politicians
On April 1st, Government announced ‘Welfare Finance Efficiency Plan’ under the cloak of preventing welfare finance leakage, eradicating unlawful benefits, curtailing finance, which is actually based upon violating fundamental rights of the vulnerable in the blind spot of welfare system. Health Right Network and other related groups proclaimed five politicians of the ruling party and censured their activities to downsize and collapse the social safety net in the press conference.
4. Civil Accusation Project Orientation on Commercialization of Health Care(2nd phase)
The members of Civil Accusation Project met together with the slogan of “Life than Profit”. College students accusing commercialization of health care got an orientation on May 9. Anticipate their brilliant activities!