One party proposed waiving premiums entirely for ages 0 to 6, saving families a sizable sum yearly—aiming to ease child-rearing burdens and tie into the low-birthrate response.

Another is pushing to align elderly health subsidies across the country to narrow regional gaps, standardizing support levels that had varied by area to improve fairness.

Easing premiums benefits households directly, but funding follows as a challenge; analysts say the fund's sustainability and intergenerational fairness must be discussed together.

Competing to expand welfare is also a political process of promising tangible benefits to voters. The target, scale and funding of each plan deserve careful comparison.

Hwagyo Sibo does not judge welfare policy from any party's side, presenting each plan's targets, effects and funding side by side to aid readers' judgment.