The BNHI has long been criticized for making excessive payments for medications, enabling hospitals to earn large differentials and sucking money into pharmaceuticals. Thus in recent years the BNHI has steadily reduced payments to levels closer to the actual market price.
據了解，外界經常抨擊健保局支付藥品費用過高，讓醫院大賺差價而形成龐大的藥價黑洞，因此健保局近幾年依法逐次調降給付標準，讓藥品給付價格更接近市場實際價格。