The Ministry of Health and Welfare's "Health Coin" campaign is causing controversy! The official response to the controversy over early morning check-up losses due to the start of the race in October

The "Health Coin" campaign of the Ministry of Health and Welfare will start in October this year. As long as people over 18 years old and have a health insurance card, complete designated health examinations, receive vaccinations, or even log into the health coin area for the first time, complete a lifestyle assessment scale, etc., they can accumulate "Health Coins". After reaching the 1,000 coin threshold, they can be redeemed starting in December. In exchange for health products; however, some people reported that those who completed the health checkup before October could not obtain health coins, and that early health checkups would be a disadvantage. In response, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that it would choose to start on October 1st, mainly to coordinate with the "Left, Right, and New" publicly funded vaccine schedule. It is estimated that millions of people receive influenza and COVID-19 vaccines every year.

More than 200,000 people participated in the Health Coin on the first day it was launched. According to the Health Coin calculation method, you can get 450 coins for getting the flu vaccine, 900 coins for the new crown vaccine, and a total of 1,350 coins for completing the "Left and Right New"; plus the 300 coins for logging in for the first time and filling out the questionnaire, you can accumulate 1,650 coins. If you receive another dose of pneumococcal vaccine, you can add another 600 coins, for a total of 2,250 coins. Health coins can be accumulated if you receive these three vaccines at public expense or at your own expense, meet the event qualifications and upload the vaccination record.

In addition to vaccinations, eligible people can also receive 800 coins through publicly funded adult preventive health services. In addition, they can accumulate health coins for hepatitis B and C screenings and cancer screenings. Each health coin is valid for 2 years from the date of acquisition. After the accumulation of health coins reaches 1,000 coins, starting from December 1st, you can go to the "Health GO" App to exchange health coins for health products; from October 1st to November 30th, people complete the "National Health Insurance Quick Pass-Health Passbook" and "Health Passbook" GO" Dual App identities are bound and registered, and you can participate in the lottery for 8 consecutive weeks. 3,600 people will be drawn each week to receive a 200 yuan digital gift voucher, with a total of 28,800 places; 200 Apple Watches will also be drawn on December 7.

Since the event started in October, some people complained that it was unfair to those who had already been tested this year, and that they had long known not to be tested first. In this regard, Zhuang Renxiang, deputy director of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, explained that the policy will have an implementation time, and the choice to start on October 1st is mainly to match the "Left and Right New" launch schedule. Every year, more than 4 million people over the age of 18 receive the flu vaccine and more than 1 million people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, so the "Health Coin" was chosen to start on October 1.

In addition, some people are worried that the elderly do not have mobile phones or are not familiar with the APP. Regarding this, Zhuang Renxiang said that there is a family function in the National Health Insurance Auto Pass, which can allow different users to log in after authentication. In addition, as long as the health insurance card is inserted at the medical counter of the authorized ministry hospital, the points can be checked, and some subsidies can be selected for self-paid health examinations, self-paid vaccines, self-paid anesthesia, etc.