About the Corporation
National Health Insurance Service

1963 ~ 1979 |
1981 ~ 2000 |
2001 ~ 2011 |
- Implemented public official & private
school teacher medical insurance
- Implemented medical insurance for
workplaces with 500 or more workers (established 486 associations)
- Amended the medical insurance act
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- Integrated the national health insur-
ance management corporation and employee medical insurance associa- tions (139 associations))
- Established the National Health
Insurance Service (complete medical insurance integration)
- Legislated the national health insur-
ance law
- Integrated regional medical insurance
(227 associations) and official & teacher medical insurance
- Established the National Medical
Insurance Management Corporation
- Legislated the national medical
insurance law
Implemented city medical insurance → Enabled nationwide medical insurance
- Expanded regional medical insurance
to farming and fishing villages
Applied medical insurance to work- places with 5 or more workers
- Expanded medical insurance to
workplaces with 100 or more workers
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- Unified collection of major social insurance fees (National Health Insurance, National Pension, Unemployment Insurance, and Workers' Compension)
- Implemented long-term care insurance
- Legislated the law on long-term care
insurance for the elderly (Law No. 8403)
- Implemented long-term care insur-
ance pilot project
- Integrated industrial financing and
regional financing (De facto integration of two health insurances)
- Legislated the special law on national
health insurance healthy financing
- Incorporated workers of workplace
with less than 5 workers in employee medical insurance subscriber
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National Health Insurance Service : (Jul. 1, 2000)
- National Health Insurance Management Corporation : (Oct. 1, 1998)
- Regional Health Insurance Association : (227)
- Official & Teacher Medical Insurance Association : (1)
- Employee Heath Insurance Association : (139)