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Vol. 577 / Content

Taiwan's Health Care Crisis

Vol. 577

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Industry

Foxsemicon

Back from the Brink and Going Public

Foxsemicon Integrated Technology is going public after Terry Gou almost gave up on it. Here's how one of Gou's veteran generals took a perennial money loser and turned it into a semiconductor industry stalwart.

Politics & Society

Lin Fang-yue

A 'Sweatshop Healthcare System' Won't Make Progress

While foreign media and experts heap praise on Taiwan's "utopian" 20-year-old national health insurance system, many in the island's medical profession lambast it as a "sweatshop system." A former health minister expresses strong opinions about the system's ills.

Insight

Taiwan's Health Care Crisis

Is Your Medicine Working?

Life-saving medicine can be cheaper per unit than candy, and intravenous nutritional supplements may fetch even less than bottled water. But does such cheap medicine come at an unbearable cost?

Insight

Taiwan’s Health Care Crisis

Low-cost Drugs Showing Side Effects

Taiwan’s national health insurance system has been praised for providing affordable health care, including by keeping drug costs in check. But the relentless emphasis on driving prices lower has begun to show some unwelcome side effects.