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08 National Health Insurance and National Pension 08

3. Monthly insured amount: NTD 19,761 (to be adjusted Section 2 National Pension System Reform
starting January 1, 2023). and Important Results
4. Insurance premium subsidy rate: 40% government
1. Handling of the "flexible measures for guaranteeing
subsidy (NTD 790 per month) for regular people,
the national pension rights of people unable to return
55% (NTD 1,087) or 70% (NTD 1,383) for those with to Taiwan for two years who have had household
income below a certain standard, middle-low-income registration cancelled" by the Labor Insurance Bureau
households, or people with mild or moderate physical was approved, allowing people had been overseas
and mental disabilities, and 100% (NTD 1,976) for low- for two years between January 1, 2020 and June 30,
income households and people with severe physical 2023 and had their household registration cancelled
and mental disabilities or worse. to continue to pay insurance premium or have pension
payment request eligibility calculated favorably.
5. Premium Payment Rate of Insured individuals: From
the establishment of NPI (on October 1, 2008) to 2. With the amendment made to Article 17 of the
October 2022, receivable premiums of insured "Enforcement Rules of the National Pension Act"
individuals were more than NTD 450.2 billion and states that if an insured individual loses eligibility for
the provisions stated in Article 12, Clauses 1 to 3 of
more than NTD 249.3 billion was received. The
this Act due to a change in household registration, the
payment rate was 55.38%.
responsible authority for the insurance premium in the
6. Payment items, NPI Benefit Recipients and Payments.
respective month shall be based on the competent
(Table 8-3)
authority of the special municipality or county (city)
7. Financial Status of the NPI Fund: As of the end of where the insured individual's last registered residence
2022, a total of NTD 452.3 billion of the NPI fund was with the aforementioned eligibility was located prior to
utilized in diversified of assets allocation. the relocation in that month.

Table 8-3 NPI Benefit Recipients and Payments, 2022

Recipients (Persons) Payment Amounts (NTD 1,000s)
Payment Type
Male Female Total Male Female Total
Old Age Pension Payments 585,817 748,725 1,334,542 25,247,835 34,745,803 59,993,638

Maternity Payments 0 12,234 12,234 0 455,406 455,406
Mental/Physical Disability
Insurance 4,516 3,245 7,761 190,074 156,326 346,400
Pension Payments
Payments
Funeral Payments 6,969 3,247 10,216 636,208 296,716 932,924
Surviving Family Pension
85,623 27,858 113,481 4,146,761 1,355,159 5,501,920
Payments
Subtotal 682,925 795,309 1,478,234 30,220,878 37,009,410 67,230,288
Old Age Basic Guaranteed 148,809 272,516 421,325 7,092,939 12,873,519 19,966,458
Pension Payments
Mental / Physical Disability
Other Basic Guaranteed Pension 9,750 9,138 18,888 599,423 563,436 1,162,859
Payment Payments

Aboriginal Pension Payments 16,832 26,908 43,740 766,769 1,222,716 1,989,485
Subtotal 175,391 308,562 483,953 8,459,131 14,659,671 23,118,802
Total 858,316 1,103,871 1,962,187 38,680,009 51,669,081 90,349,090
Source: Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note: Recipients of lump sum payments are accumulative number of persons each year. Recipients of pension payments are the recipients
at the end of the year.

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