Moreover, Chiang says that currently just three out of every 10 emergency-room beds are set aside for NHI patients, leading to lines of patients lying on gurneys in emergency-room hallways even in public hospitals. The Taiwan Healthcare Reform Foundation (THRF) has cited the difficulty NHI patients face in getting a bed as the Taiwanese public ’ s top healthcare complaint.
江東亮指出，目前全台每 10 張急性病床，就有 3 張屬於「差額病床」，連公立醫院都常見病患躺在急診室中大排長龍；健保床一床難求，名列醫改會公布的「10 大醫療民怨」之首。