1. With regard to medical expenses of victims with insurance in the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion in New Taipei City (NTC), the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) and the NTC Government’s Public Health Department decided yesterday that from June 27 to September 30, 2015 self-pay medical expenses that are not reimbursed by National Health Insurance (NHI), including copayments, hospital bed balance billings, self-pay medical materials for burns, treatment fees, and ambulance fees will not be charged to patients. They will be advanced by the NHIA and later reimbursed from the NTC Government’s exclusive grant. All medical expenses for foreign nationals who are not insured with NHI will also be advanced by the NHIA and later reimbursed by the NTC through a special scheme. 

2. The NHIA communicated the above message on June 30, 2015 to hospitals and clinics for coordinated implementation through its exclusive network with contracted medical service providers. It also urged victims with insurance to report their medical histories when pursuing treatments in any NHI contracted hospital or clinic thereafter, in order for practitioners to waive their payments. 

3. With regard to medical costs advanced by the NHIA, the Administration will file a subrogation lawsuit against Formosa Fun Coast’s public liability insurer and business operator responsible for the activity pursuant with Article 95 of the National Health Insurance Act 

4. In terms of the funds for its special scheme, the NTC Government has set up a special account to collect donations from the public and to finance medical expenses, follow-up recovery and living expenses for the injured. 

Account Name: New Taipei City Social Assistance Account. Account Number: 027038002803 (BANK OF TAIWAN BANCIAO BRANCH). Please specify ‘Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion Assistance Project’ in the comments field. For any questions, please call the hotline number: 1957. 

5. Those victims with insurance who do not possess NHI IC cards can receive treatment via medical exceptions. If their IC cards were lost or damaged in the dust explosion accident, new cards can be issued by the NHIA free of charge on application. 

6. For questions related to expenses and payments, the victims with insurance can make an enquiry to Section Chief Pei-Shan Huang of the Planning Division, NHIA. (mobile: 0983-219-213)