While Taiwan ’ s NHI has alleviated the problems of illness causing poverty and poverty preventing access to care, it has not been able to eliminate the persistent health disparities between ethnic groups and between rural and urban areas, nor has it eliminated the inequities created by the wealth gap.
曾被美國 ABC 廣播公司譽為「烏托邦」的台灣全民健保，雖然免除了人們「因病而貧，因貧而不能就醫」的恐懼，但仍舊無法消弭城鄉、族群間的健康不平等，以及醫療貧富差距造成的阻礙。