In addition to encouraging patients to pay out of pocket for “ better ” care than NHI provides, some medical facilities simply invent their own out-of-pocket expenses. As a result, the public at large is coming to view hospitals as money pits and the economically disadvantaged are becoming even less willing to visit them unless they absolutely must.
除了「慫恿」病人自費使用比健保給付「更好」的醫療服務外，部分醫療院所還會憑空「創造」各種自費項目，讓民眾視醫院如錢坑，也讓弱勢者更不敢輕易踏入醫院。