Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 16, 2015
By: I-chia Lee  /  Staff reporter

The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday announced that the minimum

Representatives from the Ministry of Health and Welfare announce the ministry will raise the threshold for National Health Insurance contributions for part-time workers from NT$5,000 to NT$20,000 at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA

threshold for imposing the National Health Insurance’s (NHI) supplementary premium on income from part-time jobs is to be raised from NT$5,000 (US$154) to NT$20,000, starting from Jan. 1 next year.

National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) Director-General Huang San-kuei (黃三桂) said the new policy would benefit an estimated 3.42 million people, allowing them to pay an average of NT$784 less per year, while 2.28 million people would not have to pay the supplementary premium at all.

It will reduce NHI revenue by an estimated NT$4.2 billion per year (about 0.7 percent of the total revenue) — about NT$2.68 billion from supplementary premium payments and about NT$1.52 billion from the government.     [FULL  STORY]