[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] The "Health Coin" that many people are looking forward to is launched today (1st). Starting today, after getting vaccinated, you can get health coins, which can be exchanged for specific health-promoting foods, as well as discounts and gifts that vary according to each company and channel. If you open it early, you can participate in the lottery and hope to win gift certificates and the biggest prize, an Apple Watch. "Free Health Network" organizes QA to solve the little details that everyone is curious about.
Q: What is health coin?
As long as you have undergone health examinations, received vaccinations, and other specific behaviors that are beneficial to health, you can obtain health coins. Health coins can be used by relevant operators to exchange for specific products, such as food that helps health; or life insurance operators and sports venues will also provide specific discounts, depending on the practices of each unit.
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Q: Who can accumulate health coins?
Participants in the first phase are those over 18 years old and eligible for health insurance (including foreigners). If you want to confirm your qualifications, you can use the activity website to check, and after entering basic information, available health services will be provided.
Q: How to obtain health coins?
Starting from October this year, public-funded adult health examinations, public-funded cancer screenings, and publicly-funded or self-funded vaccinations (such as flu vaccines) will be completed.
Take adult preventive health care services as an example: 800 health coins can be obtained for hepatitis B and C screening and adult preventive health services; 900 health coins can be obtained for colorectal cancer and cervical cancer screening; 1,000 health coins can be obtained for oral cancer and lung cancer screening.
On the other hand, vaccinations include influenza, COVID-19 and Streptococcus pneumococcal vaccines, each of which can receive 450, 900 and 600 health coins.
At the same time, you can get health coins by logging in for the first time and filling out the lifestyle questionnaire.
Q: How to accumulate health coins quickly?
Nutritionist Zeng Jianming gave an example on his Facebook page: Ms. Wang, a 40-year-old office worker, can get 3,800 yuan into her account in one go as long as she logs into her health passbook, fills out a questionnaire, and completes pregnancy tests, hepatitis, breast cancer, and cervical cancer screenings.
Q: If I cooperate with the company’s health examination, can I also get health coins?
If the company conducts publicly funded adult preventive health services, publicly funded hepatitis B and C screening, or publicly funded cancer screening, and the relevant records are returned by the medical institution in accordance with regulations, health coins can be obtained; if the same examination is performed at the company or individual's own expense, health coins cannot be obtained.
Q: Where can I get publicly funded health checkups or cancer screenings?
It is recommended that you directly go to the "National Health Insurance Contracted Medical Institution Inquiry" webpage of the Central Health Insurance Agency (Homepage → Health Insurance Services → National Health Insurance Medical Plan → Hospital Inquiry → National Health Insurance Contracted Medical Institution Inquiry → Advanced Inquiry → Select the required "Preventive Health Care Service Items"), or use the "Medical Inquiry" function of the National Health Insurance Autotoll APP (Medical Inquiry → Hospital Inquiry → Advanced Inquiry → Select the required "Preventive Health Care Service Items") to find the hospital closest to you or frequently visited. Before departure, please call the medical center to confirm your screening eligibility and relevant details.
Q: Will there be health coins during the examination? What should I do if something goes wrong?
As long as you complete a qualifying health examination or health task, you can obtain health coins, regardless of the examination results.
Q: How to use the APP to redeem health coins?
Shen Jingfen, Director of National Health Insurance, said that starting from October 1, the two APPs of "Health Insurance Passbook" and "Health GO" will be launched. At that time, after any APP binds account information, the two applications can be used independently. The health passbook of "Health Insurance Autopass" can check the accumulated health coins, and "Health GO" is needed to redeem gifts.
Shen Jingfen pointed out that people can start accumulating health coins from October this year and start redeeming gifts from December. Currently, there are supermarkets and wholesalers (7-11, FamilyMart, Quanlian), community pharmacies (Dashu Pharmacy, Weikang Pharmacy), 26 ministry hospitals, and sports venues (World Gym, Fitness Factory, Curves), life insurance companies (Taiwan Life, Cathay Life, Fubon Life, Nanshan Life, KGI Life, Bank of Taiwan Life), etc. provide various gifts and discounts for the public to redeem.
In addition, Shen Jingfen said that people can redeem health concept products at supermarkets and mass merchandisers, community pharmacies can redeem medical equipment and nutritional and health food, ministry hospitals will provide self-paid health examinations, vaccines and anesthesia redemption, sports venues will also have monthly discounts and peripheral sports goods, and life insurance companies will provide spillover insurance policies, healthy behavior rewards and health plus rewards.
Q: What are the benefits of joining early?
The Ministry of Health and Welfare stated that people can participate in the lottery as long as they download the "National Health Insurance Mobile Quick Pass" of the Central Health Insurance Agency and the "Health GO" App of the National Health Service and complete the identity binding and registration before November 30.
The lottery will run for 8 consecutive weeks, with 3,600 lucky winners drawn each week, each of whom will receive a 200 yuan digital gift voucher, for a total of 28,800 winners over the 8 weeks. There will also be a year-end bonus event on December 7, in which 200 more lucky winners will be selected from all those who have completed the binding and given away an Apple Watch, giving them more expectations and more surprises as they take the first step towards health.
Remind you, please check the official website for more details; if there are any changes, please refer to the announcement.
