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【Opinion Column】United Daily News — Lee Po-Chang: Hospital-Specific Global Budgets Lead to Misallocation of Resources

hprc — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:01:34 +0000

Hospital-Specific Global Budgets Lead to Misallocation of Resources March 26, 2026◎ Lee Po-Chang (Chair Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei) Recently, CT (computed tomography) scan services at major medical centers across northern and southern Taiwan have become severely congested, leaving hospital superintendents and radiology colleagues feeling deeply frustrated. Since the full implementation […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】United Daily News — Lee Po-Chang: Hospital-Specific Global Budgets Lead to Misallocation of Resources 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】Liberty Republic — Lee Po-Chang: Why I Chose to Revisit Health Insurance Reform Through the Lens of “Unnecessary Medical Care”

hprc — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:41:25 +0000

◎ Lee Po-Chang (Chair Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University) Debates on National Health Insurance (NHI) reform in Taiwan have never lacked voices. Some argue that the global budget is insufficient, while others contend that reimbursement point values are too low. Some discussions focus on the shortage of healthcare manpower, while others approach […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】Liberty Republic — Lee Po-Chang: Why I Chose to Revisit Health Insurance Reform Through the Lens of “Unnecessary Medical Care” 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】Liberty Times “Liberty Square” — DET Should Have Been Reviewed and Abolished Long Ago: Pharmaceutical Policy Cannot Be Reduced to Price-Cutting Alone

hprc — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:39:17 +0000

◎ Lee Po-Chang (Chair Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University) Recently, the President proposed suspending drug price adjustments for three years and suggested that resources freed from adjustments to the Drug Expenditure Target (DET) system could be redirected to support the development of domestically produced generic drugs. This proposal has prompted some civic […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】Liberty Times “Liberty Square” — DET Should Have Been Reviewed and Abolished Long Ago: Pharmaceutical Policy Cannot Be Reduced to Price-Cutting Alone 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Media Report】President Lai Ching-te recently proposed suspending drug price adjustments for three years, sparking heated discussion within the medical and pharmaceutical sectors.

hprc — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:37:15 +0000

President Lai Ching-te recently proposed suspending drug price adjustments for three years, sparking heated discussion within the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Lee Po-Chang, former Director-General of the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), said he had already intended to abolish the system of annual drug price reductions—the Drug Expenditure Target (DET) under the National Health Insurance […]

這篇文章【Media Report】President Lai Ching-te recently proposed suspending drug price adjustments for three years, sparking heated discussion within the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Media Coverage】Discussing the 2026 Ageless Society White Paper

hprc — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:27:13 +0000

Director Po-Chang Lee was invited by CommonWealth Magazine to join representatives from industry, government, and academia in a discussion on the “2026 Ageless Society White Paper.” During the event, he shared insights on health, institutional frameworks, and policy challenges within an aging society. Original Source: https://www.cw.com.tw/aging/article/5139379

這篇文章【Media Coverage】Discussing the 2026 Ageless Society White Paper 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】United Daily News — Global Budget Imbalance in National Health Insurance Is Driving Healthcare Workers Into Overwork

hprc — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:29:32 +0000

2026-01-27 00:00, United Daily NewsLee Po-Chang / Chair Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University (Taipei City) President Lai Ching-te has publicly called on hospitals and clinics to raise salaries for healthcare workers, saying, “Otherwise, how will we find people?” This statement, however, does not address the core issue. The loss of healthcare personnel […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】United Daily News — Global Budget Imbalance in National Health Insurance Is Driving Healthcare Workers Into Overwork 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】“Liberty Square” — Facing the Accelerating Cancer Clock: Strategies Beyond Screening and Expensive New Drugs

hprc — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:24:26 +0000

2026/01/01 ◎ Lee Po-Chang (Chair Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University) Taiwan’s cancer clock has sped up again. According to the 2023 Cancer Registry Report released by the Health Promotion Administration, the number of newly diagnosed cancer cases has reached another record high. On average, one person is diagnosed with cancer every 3 […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】“Liberty Square” — Facing the Accelerating Cancer Clock: Strategies Beyond Screening and Expensive New Drugs 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】Liberty Square Beyond Revising Physical Classification Standards: Making Draft Evasion a “Real Risk of Criminal Conviction”

hprc — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:12:52 +0000

2025.12.17 Po-Chang Lee In order to close loopholes in draft evasion, the government has required conscripts with hypertension to undergo inpatient monitoring and has substantially revised the physical fitness classification criteria. These institutional reinforcements are indeed necessary. However, beyond adjusting numerical thresholds and procedural standards, it is even more critical to clearly define legal responsibilities—who […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】Liberty Square Beyond Revising Physical Classification Standards: Making Draft Evasion a “Real Risk of Criminal Conviction” 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Media Coverage】CNA — 2025 Hepatitis C Elimination / National Health Insurance Price Cuts to One-Tenth Prove Effective: New Hepatitis C Drugs Drop from Over NT$2 Million to NT$250,000

hprc — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:44:58 +0000

2025.12.07(CNA reporters Chieh-Ling Chen and Pei-Yao Shen, Taipei, Dec. 7) Taiwan is accelerating toward its goal of eliminating hepatitis C (HCV). By including oral antiviral drugs under National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage and successfully negotiating prices down to about one-tenth of their original cost, patients no longer need to sell property or take out loans […]

這篇文章【Media Coverage】CNA — 2025 Hepatitis C Elimination / National Health Insurance Price Cuts to One-Tenth Prove Effective: New Hepatitis C Drugs Drop from Over NT$2 Million to NT$250,000 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。

【Opinion Column】“The Real Risk of Cosmetic Surgery Lies in Anesthesia”

hprc — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:33:41 +0000

“The Real Risk of Cosmetic Surgery Lies in Anesthesia”United Daily News Network, November 23, 2025Po-Chang Lee / Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University Recently, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare proposed a plan to prohibit physicians who have not completed PGY surgical training from performing cosmetic surgery. In reality, one to two […]

這篇文章【Opinion Column】“The Real Risk of Cosmetic Surgery Lies in Anesthesia” 最早出現於臺北醫學大學衛生福利政策研究中心。