NHIA pledges to improve breast cancer patient careprograM: A reward system would be implemented to encourage better care and a national breast cancer database would be established, the health agency saidBy Hou Chia-yu / Staff reporterThe National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) on Friday said it has initiated a National Health Insurance (NHI) breast cancer care improvement program, with funding of NT$40 million (US$1.27 million) to enhance care quality and reduce the breast cancer mortality rate. About 17,000 people were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, the NHIA said, citing a 2023 cancer registry report. The first feature of the program is “all-stage [patient] enrollment,” which covers all who have breast cancer, whether they are newly diagnosed or are recurrence cases, Liu said, adding that male breast cancer is also included. The NHIA is promoting the program in hopes that the overall quality of breast cancer care in Taiwan would improve and meet WHO standards, he said. Only through a dual approach of early screening and proper treatment could Taiwan substantially decrease breast cancer mortality, he added..

Source: Taipei Times February 14, 2026 17:22 UTC