"With Taiwan's medical care standards five years ago, it would have been absolutely impossible to initiate the insurance system. But current situations can basically meet the needs," explains Yeh Chin-chuan, general manager of the National Health Insurance Bureau, who used to administer the health care network during his term as director of the Executive Yuan's Department of Health (DOH).
「若以五年前台灣的醫療網水準，是絕對沒有辦法開辦全民健保的；但是以目前的情況來說，大致上可以滿足需求了」，在行政院衛生署醫政處長任內，曾主導執行醫療網計畫的健保局總經理葉金川解釋。