"Improving Living Conditions"... Ulsan City to Provide Medical Support for Foreign Workers

Medical Support Agreement: 90% Coverage for Domestic Disease Treatment Costs

Ulsan City is launching support for medical expenses for foreign workers.

On the afternoon of the 30th at 3 PM, Ulsan City will sign an agreement at the main building of City Hall to promote a medical support project for foreign workers and others.

The support targets are undocumented foreigners who are not covered by health insurance, who have stayed in Ulsan for more than 90 days or have worked at a business located in Ulsan for over 90 days, and whose illness has been diagnosed as having developed domestically by a doctor.

The agreement involves Ulsan City, Ulsan Hospital, Jungang Hospital, Ulsan Miz Hospital (medical institutions), the Ulsan branch of the Korean Red Cross (recommending institution), and the Ulsan Vicariate of the Catholic Diocese of Busan (selecting institution).

Through this agreement, foreign workers, their spouses and children, marriage immigrants, and others who are unable to benefit from various medical security systems such as health insurance and medical benefits will receive mutual cooperation to ensure at least a minimum healthy life.

According to the agreement, if the recommending institution, the Ulsan branch of the Korean Red Cross, recommends candidates after verifying their identity and conducting field investigations, the selecting institution, the Ulsan Vicariate of the Catholic Diocese, will make the final selection through a review by a selection committee composed of the Ulsan Medical Association's volunteer medical team and others.

Ulsan City and the medical institutions will respectively cover 70% and 20% of the total medical expenses, including hospitalization and surgery due to illness, while the individual will be responsible for 10%.

Kim Dukyum, Mayor of Ulsan, stated, "Through this agreement, we expect to guarantee a healthy life for foreign workers and other medically vulnerable groups and to contribute to improving settlement conditions in Korea. I especially thank the medical institutions for joining this project despite anticipating losses due to their own financial burdens."

Ulsan City Hall

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