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The government is pushing to apply national health insurance to caregiving costs, starting with medical-centered nursing hospitals with 100 or more beds that directly employ caregivers.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare held a public debate to unveil the implementation direction for institutionalizing nursing hospital caregiving services, with the goal of launching a pilot project in the first half of next year.
The core of this plan is to select around 500 medical-centered nursing hospitals and reduce the out-of-pocket caregiving cost rate for patients with high caregiving needs from the current 100 percent to around 30 percent.
To secure high-quality caregiving personnel and strengthen management, the government cited conditions such as having 100 or more beds and the principle of direct caregiver hiring as examples for eligibility under the coverage.
Currently, only 10 percent of nursing hospital caregivers are directly employed, while foreign nationals account for 52 percent, and 48 percent lack a professional license.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to finalize the institutionalization plan through the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee within this year, following the collection of feedback from the field.
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