Ahn Cheol Soo, promised for Vaccine Sovereignty

Free vaccination for Rota and HPV

Strengthening essential medical care such as obstetrics and gynecology

Like other party candidates, the presidential candidate of the People's Party Ahn Cheol Soo also put securing vaccine sovereignty and fostering the pharmaceutical bio-industry at the forefront of health care pledges.

 

It also announced specific pledges such as half-price hair loss drugs, free vaccination against rotavirus in newborns, support for vaccination against HPV, and strengthening support for essential medical care.

 

This is the result of examining health and welfare pledges in the policy pledge book released by candidate Ahn Cheol Soo on the 28th.

 

Candidate Ahn, also promised to "take a leap forward as a vaccine sovereign state" through national investment in the bio industry.

 

With the will not to repeat the current government's policy practice, which caused public confusion and anxiety due to the failure to secure the COVID-19 vaccine early, the government intends to implement policies to prepare for infectious diseases that will occur periodically in the future.

 

Specifically, candidate Ahn drastically improved unreasonable regulations on vaccine development, creating an ecosystem for the vaccine industry that is good for business, and strengthening support for clinical trials.

 

He also revealed his vision to foster the vaccine industry into our future industry by discovering and actively supporting companies with super-gap technologies in the pharmaceutical bio sector.

 

He also specified the half-price hair loss pledge he promised earlier Candidate Ahn explained that the application of health insurance increases the financial burden because there is currently little difference in price between the original and generic hair loss drugs.

 

He directly criticized Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung's pledge to pay health insurance for hair loss.

 

He declared that he would reduce the burden of hair loss and secure the soundness of health insurance finances by lowering the price of generic hair loss drug to 600 to 800 won.

 

He said he would introduce incentives to revitalize generics of hair loss and adjust them with little financial input, including them in preliminary benefits, if necessary.

 

It pledged to significantly expand R&D support for the health industry for hair loss drugs.

 

The neonatal rota vaccine is a household burden with an inoculation cost of about 300,000 won, and the government plans to support all newborns, including the national vaccination.

 

Like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, the government and local governments provide full support for vaccination costs.

 

He plans to expand the number of free HPV vaccines that cause cervical cancer than now.

 

Currently, the free vaccination standard for girls under the age of 12 will be greatly expanded to men and women under the age of 26, while women under the age of 45 will be provided with vaccination fees if desired.

 

The government-supported vaccine will be changed from Cervarix and Gardasil, the current 2-valent and 4-valent vaccines, to Gardasil 9, the 9-valent vaccine, to expand the scope of prevention.

 

It also included policies to reduce the medical gap between regions by strengthening support for essential medical fields Candidate Ahn expressed concern that the proportion of surgeons, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecologists among all doctors is on the decline, and that there may be no supply due to insufficient number of majors.

 

As a result, the government will provide indirect expenses such as wages and education expenses for training in essential medical subjects, improve the number of unpopular subjects, and take incentives to eliminate avoidance factors such as resolving disputes over medical accidents.

 

The project to support vulnerable delivery areas will be expanded to obstetrics and gynecology medical institutions to support facilities, equipment, operating expenses, and labor costs of delivery medical institutions, and a mandatory placement system for obstetricians with more than 200 beds will be introduced.