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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

for students' nutrition lunch fee, and subsidy for of December 2023, a total of 7,506 people were
hospitalization fee, so as to meet the basic needs of subsidized, amounting to over NTD 243,940,000.
low-income and middle-low-income households. In-hospital meals are free for all low-income
With respect to lifting the poor out of poverty, the households, subsidized by each level of government.
Ministry of Health and Welfare enacted The Regulation The Ministry and local governments provided subsidies
of Active Anti-poverty Strategies on June 6, 2016. In 2.185891 million times totaling NTD 301.27 million in
2023, the local government and nongovernment social 2022.
welfare groups implemented 41 schemes to promote
employment and the overcoming of poverty, and the Section 3 Emergency Relief
amount of the subsidies was NTD 35,424,071. According to Article 21 of the Public Assistance.
In response to recent increases in the annual Act, timely assistance shall be provided for people
consumer price index and the adverse effects of falling into difficulties due to emergencies, and their
inflation on economically disadvantaged families, economic difficulties must be relieved. People still
additional living allowances were provided from January in difficulties after receiving assistance from the
to December 2023 to enhance the economic security governments of municipalities and counties (cities)
of low-income and lower-middle-income households. shall be reported to our department for relief according
Low-income households received an additional NTD to the Operation Directions for Emergency Relief
750 per person per month, while lower-middle-income Application Approval and Appropriation Control by
households received NTD 500 per person per month. In the Ministry of Health and Welfare. On December
total, 6,195,928 person-times received additional living 8, 2021, the MOHW revised the executing units of
allowances, amounting to NTD 4,323,121,250. the "Strengthening Social Safety Net Program: The
Emergency Relief Project" to include social welfare
Section 2 Medical Subsidies service centers, domestic violence and sexual assault
According to Articles 18 and 19 of the Public prevention centers and community mental health
Assistance Act, the existing medical subsidies for low- centers as well the original city/county government and
income and middle-low-income households include district offices, continuing to promote social worker
the following items: professional assessment and case management
1. Premium subsidies: The subsidies for health mechanism and enhancing reporting of vulnerable
insurance premiums, 3,258,360 recipients with families and crisis families. On November 28, 2023,
subsidies NTD 6,332,783,000 in 2023. the plan was further amended to include juvenile
guidance committees and student counseling centers
2. Co-payment Fee Subsidies: In order to relieve the
health care burdens of low-income households, as reporting units. Results are shown in Table 10-3.
Article 49 of the National Health Insurance Law Section 4 Disaster Relief
clearly stipulates that "In case where the low-income Recent extreme weather events have heightened
households eligible under the Public Assistance focus on disaster preparedness. Our ministry
Act make medical visit, the central competent oversees crucial areas: disaster victim shelter and
authority in charge of social affairs shall prepare accommodation, essential supplies readiness, and
budget to pay for that." In 2023, the subsidies for victim care and support. We maintain comprehensive
some medical fees (including outpatient service pre-disaster preparations to ensure effective crisis
and hospitalization fees) received by low-income response.
households, 6,113,497 recipients with subsidies When the flood season and typhoon season
NTD 1,683,398,000. were coming every year, the local government would
3. Subsidies for medical fees not covered by national take special measures including temporary sheltering
health insurance: In order to meet the medical for victims, social assistance and vulnerable protection
needs of low-income and middle-low-income according to Disaster Prevention and Response
households, various local governments have also Act. In 2023, a total of 5,835 disaster relief shelters
established relevant regulations to stipulate the were planned by counties and cities, capable of
allowance standard of medical fees. By the end accommodating 2,368,487 people. During the year,

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