Gyeonggi-do Signs Business Agreement with 'Incheon Gyeonggi Headquarters of National Health Insurance' to Identify Welfare Blind Spot Households

Gyeonggi Province signed a business agreement with the Incheon-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters of the National Health Insurance Corporation on the 27th to identify households in welfare blind spots.

Gyeonggi Province is teaming up with the National Health Insurance Service Incheon-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters to identify welfare blind spots.

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it signed a business agreement with the National Health Insurance Service Incheon-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters to cooperate so that when the headquarters identifies households in crisis within welfare blind spots during home visits for long-term care insurance applicants for the elderly, the information is promptly relayed to the province’s emergency welfare crisis counseling hotline for swift welfare support.

According to the agreement, the Incheon-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters will immediately report any neighbors in need identified during home visits to the Gyeonggi Province Emergency Welfare Crisis Counseling Hotline (010-4419-7722).

The province will provide support such as living expenses, housing, and medical costs to those reported to the emergency welfare crisis counseling hotline who qualify under existing welfare programs like Basic Livelihood Security, Near-Poverty Class, or Emergency Welfare. Additionally, even if they do not qualify for existing welfare programs, the province plans to connect them with privately sponsored welfare services to resolve their crisis situations.

Besides this agreement with the National Health Insurance Service Incheon-Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters, the province is also promoting public-private cooperation to prevent the recurrence of incidents like the 'Suwon Three Mothers Case' and to guarantee welfare rights for residents in crisis.

Kim Neung-sik, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Welfare Bureau, said, "Although Gyeonggi Province has activated a support system to discover welfare blind spots through cooperation with related organizations and groups, active discovery of residents in crisis requires the interest and cooperation of neighbors. When you find neighbors in crisis, please contact the Gyeonggi Province Emergency Welfare Crisis Counseling Hotline (010-4419-7722), the Gyeonggi Call Center (031-120), or the Eup/Myeon/Dong Administrative Welfare Center."

Meanwhile, among long-term care insurance subscribers, those aged 65 or older, or those under 65 with senile diseases such as dementia, can receive a long-term care grade through home visits by the National Health Insurance Service and use services such as home bathing and housekeeping accordingly. From 2008 to 2022, a total of 251,854 elderly long-term care insurance applications have been made in Gyeonggi Province.

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