In a rare show of bipartisan collaboration, South Korea's rival political parties have come together to form a four-party consultative body with the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and the medical community. The aim is to address the ongoing medical crisis resulting from the dispute over increasing medical school enrollment. The proposal was put forward to address the disruption in healthcare services, public inconvenience, and anxiety over emergency medical care, and to seek reasonable alternatives for increasing medical school admissions. The main opposition party has welcomed this proposal, emphasizing the need for immediate action to resolve the crisis, while the ruling party and government have expressed openness to negotiations with the medical sector. The medical community has been cautious in response to these overtures, as they have been demanding the government to abandon the enrollment increase for the 2025 and 2026 school years. The suggestions by the political parties are viewed as a potential breakthrough in resolving the healthcare disruptions caused by the strikes of medical students and junior doctors, sparking hopes for an end to the long-standing stalemate. Despite previous failed attempts at dialogue, the formation of this consultative body presents an opportunity to find a solution and alleviate the health care crisis.