The first was implemented in 1994. However, to cope with the growing problem of unemployment among middle-aged and elderly people, the Executive Yuan began trial implementation of partial unemployment insurance on January 1 of this year. At present more than four million workers are covered.
我國全民健保開辦於民國八十四年，而為了因應逐漸浮現的中高齡結構性失業問題，行政院也於今年一月一日開辦失業保險，目前約有四百多萬名勞工被納入。