President Yoon takes aim at 'Mooncare,' hints at abolishing it
President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a Cabinet meeting held in the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapBy Kang Hyun-kyungPresident Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday criticized the expanded healthcare coverage reforms undertaken during the previous Moon Jae-in administration, known as “Mooncare,” calling the reforms “populist policies that waste taxpayer money.”In a strongly worded speech at a Cabinet meeting held in the presidential office, Yoon called for the “urgent normalization” of the state-run health insurance program and stressed that overhauling “Mooncare” is “not an option, but a necessity.” Yoon called the set of strengthened health insurance policies known as “Mooncare” nothing but populist policies that “lead to the bankrupting of finances” of the government and “ultimately force the people to make great sacrifices.”“Over the past five years, over 20 trillion won has been poured into strengthening health insurance coverage,” Yoon said. “But
