Over 30 , 000 South Koreans have deferred paying their national pension premiums while faithfully paying health care premium , data showed . Source : Yonhap About 32 , 148 persons failed to pay pension premiums for more than six months while duly paying health care premiums as of June , according to the report obtained by the Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Dong - ik from the National Health Insurance Service . Their unpaid pension premiums totaled 198 . 9 billion won ( $ 184 million ) , meaning one person had 6 . 19 million won in pension premiums in arrears . Meanwhile , the number of individuals who paid pension premiums , but not health care premiums stood at merely 5 , 727 . Their premiums in arrears came in 6 . 6 billion won , meaning one person owed 1 . 1 million won in premiums . Such trend largely came as payers who failed to pay pension premiums are not at disadvantages immediately and distrust in the nation ’ s pension scheme is growing . Those who fail to pay health care premiums for six months will face restrictions on benefits including returning health care benefits . However , the national pension scheme offers benefits excluding arrears after payers reach eligibility age of 61 or above . Copyrights ⓒ Yonhap News [ 매일경제 모바일 서비스 | 페이스북 ] [ 매일 경제 구독 신청 ] [ 오늘 의 매일 경제 ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]