An amendment that will give national health insurance coverage to Chinese students in Taiwan has passed its initial review at the legislature. But lawmakers failed to reach a consensus on Wednesday on whether students from China should pay a full or partial premium.
Legislators from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) proposed that all non-Taiwanese students, including those from China, should pay the full premium. They proposed that the government stop providing premium subsidies for foreign students.
Foreign students currently pay 60% of the insurance premium; the government provides subsidies for the other 40%.
But the ruling KMT lawmakers believe the government should continue to provide subsidies for foreign and Chinese students.