Hwaseong City Addresses Welfare Blind Spots by Supporting Health Insurance Premiums for Low-Income Residents

Full Coverage of Health and Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums for Low-Income Households Below the Minimum Premium
Automatic Support System Enhances Convenience for Citizens

Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi Province, led by Mayor Jung Myung-geun, is launching a project to support health insurance premiums for low-income and vulnerable residents, aiming to ease their financial burden and ensure stable access to medical benefits.

Low-Income Residents Health Insurance Premium Support Promotion Notice. Provided by Hwaseong City

This project targets legally recognized low-income residents who have difficulty paying their health insurance premiums. With a total of 603 million won allocated from Hwaseong City's own budget, the program will be implemented throughout the year until December 2026.

Eligible recipients include local subscribers residing in Hwaseong Special City (excluding workplace subscribers such as employees), whose monthly health insurance premiums fall below the minimum premium, as well as recipients of livelihood, housing, or educational benefits, the near-poor class, and single-parent families. Selected households will receive full coverage of their monthly National Health Insurance premiums and Long-Term Care Insurance premiums for the elderly. However, households that refuse the support or are already receiving assistance through other programs, such as Gyeonggi Province's health insurance support project for the elderly, will be excluded.

Notably, for the convenience of citizens, there is no separate application process for this program. Hwaseong City and the National Health Insurance Service will independently cross-check their lists to finalize eligible recipients, ensuring that no qualified households are overlooked.

Shin Soonjeong, Director of Welfare Policy, stated, "We will closely monitor to ensure that no household faces restrictions in accessing medical services due to unpaid premiums caused by financial difficulties," and added, "We will continue to develop welfare policies to protect the healthy lives of low-income residents."

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