Taiwan's recurrent healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP stands at 7.5%, placing it among the lower ranks of OECD countries. Healthcare professionals are urging the government to increase investment in the healthcare sector. Former Minister of Health Twu Shiing-jer highlighted that while Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) enjoys high satisfaction, key health indicators such as neonatal mortality rates and average life expectancy lag behind Japan and South Korea. He emphasized the need for both increased revenue and reduced expenses to address these issues, calling for the establishment of a family physician system and the implementation of a per capita payment model. Without these reforms, Twu warned that the ongoing negotiations between the healthcare sector and the government would continue to lack dignity.
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