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The Ministry of Health and Welfare launched the Health Coin System, which aims to encourage people to participate in preventive health services through a points mechanism, including health examinations, cancer screenings and vaccinations, so as to increase people's health awareness and early disease detection rates.
2026/09/23 10:28
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that Health Coin will be officially launched on October 1. (Provided by Penghu Hospital)
[Reporter Liu Yuqing/Penghu Report] The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that "Health Coins" will be launched on October 1, encouraging people to accumulate health coins through practical health actions such as health examinations, cancer screenings, and vaccinations. The Penghu Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare actively responds to central government policies and cooperates with the health currency system to promote relevant preventive health services and policy promotion, so that people on outlying islands can "be healthy, save health, and enjoy health" locally.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans that starting from October 1st, people aged 18 and above can enter the "Health Coin Zone" of the health passbook through the "National Health Insurance Mobile Quick Access" App. You can get 200 health coins when you log in for the first time, and you can get another 100 health coins when you complete the lifestyle assessment scale. Eligible people can get 800 health coins each if they complete adult preventive care or hepatitis B and C screening, and receive 900 to 1,350 health coins for each publicly funded cancer screening.
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In addition, in conjunction with the autumn and winter vaccinations, you can get 450 health coins for the influenza vaccine, 900 health coins for the new crown vaccine, and 600 health coins for the pneumococcal vaccine. Relevant health records will be automatically recognized by the system. People do not need to save receipts or apply one by one. Starting from December 1, they can use the National Health Department's "Health GO" App to exchange accumulated health coins for health-related goods or services.
Cai Wenxiang, director of Penghu Hospital, said that for outlying islands, "prevention is better than cure" is more important. Due to geographical environment and medical resource constraints, if diseases can be detected early and intervened through adult health examinations, cancer screenings, vaccinations and chronic disease health management, it can not only protect personal health, but also reduce the risk of having to cross seas for medical treatment or emergency evacuation when the disease worsens. Health coins are not just about "collecting points to exchange for goods", but more importantly, they are actually putting health check-ups, cancer screenings and vaccinations that are easily postponed due to busyness into action.
Health Coin was officially launched on October 1, and Penghu Hospital actively cooperated in promoting it. (Provided by Penghu Hospital)

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