Treatment of critical illnesses

Reduced financial pressure, increased opportunities to comply with treatment

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The Health Insurance Department (Ministry of Health) is developing a draft to add 84 types of pharmaceuticals and biological products to the list paid for by the health insurance fund (HI). Notably, there are up to 30 types of cancer treatment drugs - accounting for 35.7% of the total proposed drugs. Most of these are newly invented drugs, high-cost drugs, which have long been a major barrier for many patients.