It was only after someone suggested offering Labor Insurance treatment that they turned from loss to profit. Even Taipei's high-class Chung Shan Hospital also has to treat National Health Insurance patients. "Rich people don't get sick every day. The only reliable operating method is to maintain stable business volume and control costs to achieve basic profits," says Chien.
民國 65 年長庚醫院營運，一開始也想走高貴路線，但好幾年都不賺錢，後來有人建議作勞保，才轉虧為盈；即使台北的貴族醫院中山醫院也必須兼看健保，「有錢人不會天天生病，只有透過穩定的業務量、控制成本賺取微薄利潤，才是最可靠的經營方式，」錢慶文說。