By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) last year collected NT$44.73 billion (US$1.53 billion) in supplementary premiums, the highest total in five years, with one landlord in his 70s paying NT$2.98 million. Collection of the supplementary premium, which is imposed on employers and insured individuals who earn more than NT$20,000 per non-salary source, started when the second-generation National Health Insurance program was implemented in 2013. Employers last year contributed NT$24.95 billion, or 53.5 percent, of the overall annual supplementary premium total, while individuals contributed NT$20.78 billion, NHIA section head Lee Chun-er (李春娥) said. The insured individuals who paid the largest supplementary premiums in the six categories last year were all men aged between 40 and 70, he added. The NHIA has collected more than NT$40 billion per year in supplementary premiums since the mechanism was launched in 2013, Lee said, adding that the total is expected to exceed NT$45 billion this year.

Source: Taipei Times March 20, 2018 15:56 UTC