{"id":1217420,"date":"2022-01-14T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T02:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217420"},"modified":"2022-01-14T21:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T02:51:03","slug":"south-korea-presidential-candidate-promises-free-hair-loss-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-presidential-candidate-promises-free-hair-loss-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Presidential Candidate Promises Free Hair Loss Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korea-presidential-candidate-promises-free-hair-loss-treatment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/doctor-paperwork-health-care-patient-stock-gettyimages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Leftist South Korean politician Lee Jae-myung \u2014 the official nominee of South Korea\u2019s ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) for the nation\u2019s upcoming presidential election on March 9 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20220114004400315\">vowed<\/a> on Friday to expand the public health insurance policy in South Korea to include treatments for hair loss if elected South Korea\u2019s top leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will help people suffering from hair loss to focus on their treatment by sharing the economic burden,\u201d Lee wrote in a Facebook statement on January 14.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will expand the national insurance plan\u2019s coverage of hair loss treatment drugs and actively look into including hair transplants for the treatment of serious cases of hair loss as well,\u201d the 57-year-old promised.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Lee\u2019s presidential campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20220105008900315\">suggested<\/a> on January 4 the former governor of South Korea\u2019s Gyeonggi province was considering a proposal to expand national healthcare coverage to include hair loss ailments after learning that \u201cone in five South Koreans suffer from hair loss,\u201d Yonhap News Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of South Korea\u2019s southwestern city of Gwangju asked Lee to elaborate on the subject on January 5 during a campaign visit. Lee responded by saying that while the proposal was still tentative, he hoped to \u201capproach it seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrom the perspective of the body\u2019s completeness, I believe that hair loss should be covered by national health insurance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy policy team is looking into the details, such as the extent of financial burden and where to set the limit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Recent South Korean health data suggests \u201can increasing number of Koreans are being treated for hair loss, with a notable increase in younger age groups,\u201d the <em>Korea Herald<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/common\/newsprint.php?ud=20220111000804\">reported<\/a> on January 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, a total of 233,194 people were treated for hair loss at hospitals, with women accounting for 43 percent,\u201d the newspaper detailed, citing data from South Korea\u2019s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he age group who received treatments the most were those in their 30s at 22.2 percent,\u201d according to the statistics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe figure was particularly high among men in their 30s, with 25.5 percent receiving treatment,\u201d the data revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven 20-somethings, who are less likely to experience hair loss, were almost as likely to receive hair loss treatment as 40-somethings, with figures of 22.2 percent and 22.3 percent, respectively,\u201d the <em>Korea Herald<\/em> observed.<\/p>\n<p>Dermatologist Cho Nam-jun, who is employed by South Korea\u2019s NHIS at its Ilsan Hospital in Gyeonggi-do province, recently suggested to South Korean media that increased vanity among younger South Koreans was responsible for the 2020 NHIS data demonstrating a surge in hair loss patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is more likely that more young people are seeking clinical help because they are increasingly more concerned about their looks, rather than a drastic increase in hair loss,\u201d the <em>Korea Herald<\/em> quoted Dr. Cho as saying on January 11.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, who once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/skoreas-bernie-sanders-tops-presidential-polls-with-talk-universal-basic-income-2021-09-13\/\">said<\/a> he aspired to become a \u201csuccessful Bernie Sanders,\u201d has seemingly tapped into the surge in appearance-consciousness among South Korea\u2019s younger generations through his hair loss fund proposal. The left-wing DPK reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/skoreas-ruling-party-presidential-candidate-pushes-nuclear-powered-submarines-2021-12-30\/\">chose<\/a> Lee as its 2022 presidential candidate due, in large part, to his \u201caggressive\u201d responses to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic while governor of&nbsp;Gyeonggi province (2018-2021) and his popular advocacy of a universal basic income (UBI) in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Lee demonstrated this penchant for populism in his written Facebook statement on January 14 when he confirmed his campaign\u2019s pledge to seek public funds for personal hair loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe anxiety, social phobia and severed relationships that people with hair loss suffer from are directly connected to the quality of life, and with the discriminatory attention they receive in everyday life, (hair loss) cannot be regarded as a personal matter,\u201d Lee argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist South Korean politician Lee Jae-myung \u2014 the official nominee of South Korea\u2019s ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) for the nation\u2019s upcoming presidential election on March 9 \u2014 vowed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}