Bald ambitions: South Korea politician pledges funding for hair loss

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The politician said people with hair loss issues face 'daily discriminatory encounters.'

Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung said such treatments, potentially including expensive hair transplants, should be covered by state insurance

"I will expand universal health insurance to hair loss treatment drugs... and will also consider covering hair transplant for serious cases of hair loss," he said in a Facebook post that garnered hundreds of likes in minutes. Many Koreans are using ineffective and potentially harmful over-the-counter remedies because expensive "cosmetic" hair loss treatments are currently excluded from insurance coverage, Lee said, explaining his new campaign pledge.

 

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