Look at the central government's budgets for the second half of 1999 and for all of 2000 (a total of 18 months). Cheng begins his analysis of these budgets by pointing out that there are two major types of programs that fall under social welfare. One is social insurance, which includes government contributions to national health insurance and insurance for civil servants, workers, and farmers.
攤開厚厚的八十八年下半年及八十九年度中央政府總預算書（本次編列一年半），鄭龍水分析，社會福利項下有兩大業務，一是「社會保險」，包括政府對公保、勞保、農保、健保等各項保險的保費補助和虧損挹注。