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patients need face-to-face examinations. He said that many patients living in
the countryside suffer from not only diseases and illnesses, but also inferior
social and economical environments. He argued telemedicine can’t fix this
problem. He insisted that they have to either travel to hospitals for in-person
checkupsorhaveindividualconsultations.
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WillHealthCareBecomePrivatized
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Thegovernmentinsiststhatsupportingmanagementofotherhospitalsisjust
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additionalbusinessformedicalcorporations.However,therearemanypeople
whoworrythatthispolicyisastepforwardtotheprivatizationofhealthcare.
Kwon
Cho said that it seems as if the government is trying to expand the
ManagementServiceOrganization(MSO)system,whichissimilartocurrent
hospitalmanagement.Also,ChoipointedoutareportreleasedbytheNational
AssemblyResearchServicelastyear.
HesaidthereportindicatedthattheMSOisseparatedintoseveralsteps.The
first step is the reduction expense model. The MSO, which is a professional
supporter of the management medical organization, helps hospitals save
money; for example, buying medical equipment for a much cheaper price,
managing facilities, and administrating human resources and accounting
departments.Mostofall,theMSOefficientlyhandlesfinancialmatters.Choi
insists that the revised law is an ultimate step toward the MSO system. He
said the management would not simply support hospitals but, instead, begin
to handle administrative matters. Thus, the revised law is analogous with a
reductioninexpenses.Thenextstepisestablishingamodelthatraisesfunds
inanupgradefromthereductionexpensemodel.Inthisstep,theMSOplays
a role as an investment instrument. Hospitals pay fees to the MSO to have it
handle management. At the same time, the MSO is like a corporation. The
MSO can distribute their profits to each investor. This is similar to investing
in hospitals, even though hospitals are nonprofit organizations, which cannot
receive investment, but can pursue better medical care. In addition, he said
the ultimate purpose of the MSO is to change from focusing on reducing
expenses to raising funds. Hospitals have begun to change accordingly and
other industries have cooperated with the medical industry to increase the
profitsofmedicalcorporations.
Choi said ultimately this will lead to the privatization of health care. These
concernsarebackedbyareportreleasedbytheNationalAssemblyResearch
Service last year. Choi said this policy is merely a step forward toward
Majorhospitalsprovidesuperiorservicetous.
hospitals being permitted to earn profits as an instrument for investment.
Also, he said that we should think about why Samsung Life Insurance CO.
has been floated on the stock market despite bad economic circumstances.
He insists that Samsung must have expected that the medical industry, and
evenmedicalinsurance,wouldimproveaswellasthecurrentNationalHealth
Insurance.
Kim said medical corporations have been already operated by professional
hospitalmanagementconsultants.Thebiggestproblemisthatthemanagement
systempursuesprofits.Forinstance,inthenewsystem,thereisperformance-
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