Medical Expenses Deduction

Students who have subscribed to Medical Expenses Deduction Group for the semester (fees paid)

• During semester 【9:00 - 17:30, Mon. - Fri.】, 【closed on Saturdays】
• Lunch break 【12:00 - 13:00】

• Receive treatment at hospital/clinic -> collect receipt for treatment cost paid -> fill out application form for deductibles -> receive deduction after 15–30 days from application
• Students with health insurance
  • The medical expenses deduction applies to the amount of treatment cost to be paid by patients that has been covered by the health insurance. The amount to be fully paid by patients (treatment cost at tertiary medical institutions, etc.) and items not covered by insurance are excluded from the target of medical expenses deduction.
  • Application for Medical Expenses Deduction - Present the application form for deductibles along with the receipt at the Operation Center on the first floor of I-PARK Fitness Center within six months from the date of treatment.
• Required Documents
  • Original copy of the receipt for treatment cost (statement of treatment cost or credit card receipt not processed)
  • Applicant’s bank account number
  Download Application Form for Deductibles
• Medical Expenses Deduction (Deductibles) - Medical expenses deduction applies 15–30 days after the date of application through the applicant’s bank account specified in the application form
  (date subject to change by two to three days).

1. From which hospitals can I get medical expenses deduction?
   - Hospitals offering medical expenses deduction are not separately designated. Any hospital registered as a medical institution provides medical expenses deduction.
2. Can I get medical expenses deduction for treatments received at dental clinics or oriental medical clinics?
   - Dental and oriental medical clinics also provide medical expenses deduction.
   - However, treatment costs covered by health insurance (items not covered by insurance, amount to be fully paid by patients) are not deductible.
3. Can I receive medical expenses deduction for treatments received during vacation period?
   - If you are subject to medical expenses deduction, you can receive the deduction for treatments received during a vacation period of the respective semester.
4. How much of the medical expenses be deducted?
   - Medical expenses deduction is not calculated in a set ratio to the medical cost. It applies to the medical cost to be paid by patients that is covered by health insurance. Therefore, the amount is calculated only after the receipt of the treatment cost is checked.
5. Are there cases where medical expenses deduction does not apply?
   A. In case continuous treatment is not expected to produce any medical effect to treat or improve on the symptoms of a disease
   B. Diseases or injuries occurring prior to the student’s admission, while the student is on a leave of absence or while the fees for medical expenses deduction are not paid
   C. Selective health benefits, reserve benefits, treatment cost at general hospitals
   D. Genetic or hereditary diseases
   E. Diseases of which recognition for benefits through medical expenses deduction is difficult
   • Skin Diseases: Freckles, hairlessness, poliosis, moles
   • Dental Diseases: Prosthetic treatment, correction of malocclusion
   • Otolaryngological Diseases: Nasal septum deviation, snoring (sleep apnea syndrome)
   • Female Diseases: Pregnancy (childbirth, miscarriage, infertility), adenoma, fibroid, endometriosis
   • Urological Diseases: Simple circumcision, erectile dysfunction (infertility), hypoactive sexual desire disorder
   • Neurological Diseases: Schizophrenia, drug addiction, psychotic drug addiction, alcoholism
   • Chronic Diseases: Cardiocerebral diseases, chronic hepatitis, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, treatment of and surgery, etc. for various cancers
   F. Vaccination, health checkup, eyesight test
   G. Plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes and orthodontic treatments for physical function improvement
   H. In case the responsibility for treatment cost payment is not with medical expenses deduction, such as due to traffic accident, violence, injury and self-harm
   I. Cost for drugs and injections for treatment purpose purchased from non-medical institutions
   J. Cost for braces, hearing aids, artificial arms and legs, artificial eyes and contact lenses
   K. Treatments received abroad
6. I received a medical treatment while on a leave of absence. Can I receive medical expenses deduction for the treatment?
   - Medical expenses deduction applies only to the treatments received during enrollment.
7. Can I voluntarily subscribe to the medical expenses deduction?
   - A student who wishes to receive medical expenses deduction can subscribe to the service during the enrollment fee payment period. Subscription is not possible unless within the registration period.