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High court rules in favor of BNHI

The Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favor of the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) yesterday in a long-running dispute with the Taipei City Government over back payments for health insurance premiums.

The case involved NT$10.8 billion (US$327 million) worth of health insurance premiums incurred from the second half of 1999 to the end of 2002 by those who work in Taipei but had not transferred their household registry to Taipei.

When the bureau charged the city government for the amount, the Taipei administration refused to pay, arguing that since the workers had not moved their household registry to Taipei, it should not be made to subsidize part of their health insurance premiums. The city government then took the bureau to court.

The first judgment handed down by the Taipei High Administrative Court ruled in favor of the bureau.

The city government then appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, which ruled in October 2005 in favor of the city government, saying it should only have to subsidize the health insurance premiums of officially registered residents.

The BNHI appealed the ruling, and the Supreme Administrative Court yesterday ruled in its favor.

Upon hearing the news, BNHI chief executive Chu Tzer-ming (朱澤民) last night said: "I hope they will budget the sum and pay us promptly."
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