Hi all,
I’m currently editing a document for a Taipei-based human rights organization. There is reference to the need for prisons to implement the popular name-based mask rationing system within the prison so as to allocate the appropriate disease-prevention medical supplies for prisoners through the use of the prisoner’s NHI card. I need to know, though, as to whether international people have access to the NHI as a means of getting treatment within prison. If not, I would concede that the rights of international people are being infringed insofar as they would not have equal access to medical care that local inmates do to the extent that they would be required to pay higher costs while in prison (how do they have access to funds to accommodate those costs?). Prisoners have apparently had access to the NHI since 2013 (sourced below but no mention of international people imprisoned in Taiwan).
If anyone happens to know about this very specific question, sources for the law would be much appreciated.
I suppose I could have asked them, but I think they would disregard this as a legitimate concern considering it was not already addressed in the document. Approaching the topic with proof of what I already believe to be the case would make my argument more reasonable that emphasis should be placed on addressing the needs of those that do not have access to NHI in their document.