Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme may not require raising its premiums in 2027 if the minimum wage, salaries and government funding increase as expected according to NHI Committee.
Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang said this in Taipei on 25 September 2026 after a meeting of NHI Committee capped NHI spending next year at about NT$1.04tn ($32.72bn), the first time that the amount has exceeded NT$1tn.
According to a report in the Taipei Times, the budget was recalculated based on the committee’s consensus that the collective NHI expenditure — by hospitals, Western medicine clinics, dental clinics and traditional Chinese medicine — would grow at a maximum 5.5% percent annually next year.
The news report said the NHI budget would be NT$1.0434tn next year, NT$55bn higher than this year. With the supplementary premium revenue and an additional NT$60 billion allocated by the government to shore up the NHI system next year, it would have a reserve fund by the end of next year that could sustain the system for 2.3 months based on the wage-rise and funding forecasts.