New health policies, measures to take effect on July 1

Taipei, June 28 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Wednesday that four new policies and measures will take effect on July 1, including the labeling of honey products and rules to curb high-pressure selling of beauty services.

The other two are increased subsidies for residents in nursing centers and changes to health insurance co-payments, the ministry said.

‘Pure honey,’ beauty services

Under the new regulations, companies must label prepacked honey and syrup products correctly and authentically, with only products that contain 100 percent of honey allowed to be labeled “pure honey.”

In addition, products containing no honey have to be labeled as such, while products containing less than 60 percent of honey must list any additives and artificial flavorings, the ministry said.

Also coming into force on July 1 are rules regarding what information should be disclosed and what terms cannot be included in a standard-form contract on beauty services, the ministry added.

Residents of nursing homes

Meanwhile, subsidies for residents of nursing homes will be raised from NT$60,000 (US$1,934) to NT$120,000, the ministry said.

An estimated 680,000 people are expected to benefit from the policy, for which around NT$7.7 billion has been budgeted, according to the ministry.

Several changes to co-payments for emergency care and prescription drugs covered by Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) program will also take effect on July 1.

The NHI co-payment hikes will primarily affect regional hospitals and medical centers and will allow such medical facilities to better treat patients in serious emergency situations, with rare diseases or in need of critical care, the ministry said.

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