It is worrying that even on the eve of the implementation of the program government and private experts are still arguing over how much the plan will really cost. "If in the future it turns out that the burden is too great, inevitably everyone will be pointing fingers and no one will accept responsibility," warns Sun Ko-nan, a researcher at the Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research.
令人焦急的是，在全民健保開辦前夕，民間及官員學者各方人馬，卻還在為這項制度「到底會花掉多少錢」爭辯不休，難以達成共識；「將來若出現難以負擔的結果，必然也是彼此責怪，誰也不願挑起責任」，中華經濟研究院研究員孫克難預言。