An unbearable burden Not long ago, in order to attract more patients, intensely competitive dialysis centers introduced incentives such as a pick-up and delivery service and giveaways upon receiving a treatment. Some people criticized such practices, asserting that dialysis in Taiwan was undertaken too casually, even giving rise to suspicions that doctors might be "encouraging" patients to receive dialysis so that the doctors could obtain NHI payouts.
前些日子，競爭激烈的洗腎中心為招攬病人，推出專車接送、洗腎送禮品等優惠，因而有人批評台灣洗腎太過隨便，甚至懷疑醫生有「鼓勵」病患洗腎以換取健保給付的嫌疑。