NHI medication expenditures to save by 24% within 5 years.

The MOHW announced "Optimization Plan for NHI Drug Prices" on May 3 indicating that within 5 years the NHI medication expenditures should be reduced by 24% by means of adopting so called "positive list system" and the negotiation process for the NHIC to determine the new drug price approval, and reinforcing to assess the rationality of expensive drug prescriptions in terms of its prescription f...