What is National Health Insurance?
We have National Health Insurance in Taiwan. The National Health Insurance program is compulsory for all citizens who live in Taiwan. When people get sick, the government will use the money that they paid for insurance to help patients pay part of their medical and medication costs. This insurance covers outpatient visits, inpatient care, dental care, traditional Chinese medicine, renal dialysis, and prescription drugs for immigrants. In general, National Health Insurance benefits everyone includes immigrants in Taiwan.
How to Enroll in the National Health Insurance Program?
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Foreign Students
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Foreign students can apply to enroll in the program in their schools.
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After graduating and before their student resident status expires, overseas Chinese or foreign students, or those who receive permission from the National Immigration Agency under the Ministry of the Interior to extend their residence status, shall proceed to the district office in the area where they reside to extend their enrollment in the NHI program.
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Those with a steady job can register for the program through their employers.
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Those who are unemployed but able to enroll as a dependent through a relative (i.e., parents, spouses, or children) could participate in the National Health Insurance program through a relative's insurance registration organization after six months continuous residence in Taiwan.
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Those without a fixed employer or family members with whom dependency can be claimed, must, after six months of consecutive residence, enroll through the local administrative office where they reside.
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Company chairpersons/owners They must enroll in the program through their company after six months of consecutive residence.