(1) Medical benefits shall consist of various tests and medical treatment, etc. necessary for assisting their recipients in leading a healthy life.
(2) An eligible recipient of medical benefits shall be a person who has no obligatory provider, or who has obligatory providers practically unable to provide support, or who is unable to receive support by obligatory providers, and whose countable income is smaller than the amount (hereinafter referred to as “medical benefit selection criteria”) determined through deliberation and resolution by the Central Livelihood Security Committee under Article 20 (2). In such cases, the medical benefit selection criteria shall be at least 40/100 of the standard median income.
(3) Details regarding medical benefits shall be separately prescribed by Acts.
[This Article Added on Dec. 30, 2014]