Maternity care payments to rise: ShihOB-GYN CRISIS: Higher public payments for child deliveries and guaranteed access to maternity health services in remote areas could be implemented later this yearBy Hou Chia-yu and Lin Chih-yi / Staff reportersThe government is planning to significantly increase public payments to maternity health services to stabilize frontline medical capacity, with the new regulations expected to take effect as early as the second half of this year, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday. Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang speaks at an event in Taipei yesterday. The association has suggested that the government increase delivery fees to help maternity clinics continue operating and ensure that residents in rural areas have access to maternity care, he said. The association has made its suggestions to the health ministry and looks forward to a positive outcome, he added. The mechanism ensures that even in areas with low birthrates, maternity clinics’ basic operations can be maintained, so that expectant mothers in remote areas would have access to essential maternity care, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2026 17:12 UTC