Some feel that there is great merit to the fact that many people (some children, the seriously ill) previously marginalized by insurance programs are now brought within the system. Others complain that the payment system is unreasonable, that medical resources are unfairly distributed, and that the referral system is complicated and subject to abuses. Some have taken to the streets in protest.
有人以為過去的「醫療邊緣人」（如兒童、重症病人……）如今終能納保，功德無量；有人則為健保費的製定不合理、醫療單位的分佈不均、轉診制度的複雜及其衍生的弊端，反應強烈，甚至上街遊行抗議，形容「健保」為「賤保」… …。