"Unless every person is the 'sick man of Asia,' there is no reason for the situation to be this way," says Legislator Shen Fu-hsiung. He says that before NHI was established, labor insurance had become a virutal public feeding trough. In 1994, average annual visits to the doctor under the labor insurance system had hit 15.
「除非大家是東亞病夫，否則沒有道理如此」，立委沈富雄指出，過去勞保被戲稱為「撈保」，民國八十三年，健保開辦前平均門診就醫次數高達十五次，而今健保被過度利用、浪費醫療資源的情況與勞保相差無幾。