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藍白突襲修惡「老福法」 社家署:影響程度「看地方決定」
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藍白突襲修惡「老福法」 社家署:影響程度「看地方決定」

衛福部證實中低收長者部分負擔及健保給付外費用失去地方持續補助法源,影響端看地方決定

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藍白立委日前強行通過「老人福利法」第22條修正案,被揭露刪除弱勢長者部分負擔與健保給付外費用之補助法源。衛福部社家署長周道君指低收入長者影響較小,但中低收入長者及健保給付外費用未來將看地方政府是否繼續補助。

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立法院日前審議並通過老人福利法修正案,引發外界對弱勢長者福利受損的質疑。

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藍白立委日前強行通過「老人福利法」第22條修正案,引起外界質疑,更被律師抓出2項弱勢長者重要補助法源遭刪除。衛福部社家署長周道君表示,低收入長者的部分負擔基本不受影響,但中低收長者的部分負擔、不分中低收入長者的健保給付以外費用,在這次修法中失去要求地方持續補助的法源,影響程度端看「地方要不要繼續補助。」

現行老人福利法規範,地方政府應提供弱勢長者健保保險費、部分負擔費用、健保給付以外的費用等3部分補助,並授權主管機關訂定補助規定,即「老人參加全民健康保險無力負擔費用補助辦法」。

台灣經濟民主連合智庫召集人賴中強怒批藍白立委在這次「老福法」修法過程中,除加入65歲以上長者免繳健保費的內容外,硬是刪除了要求地方政府提供弱勢長者部分負擔費用、健保給付以外費用補助的法源,並批評這次修法不是「老福法」的修正,而是「財政收支劃分法」的第4次惡修。

周道君指出,依「老福法」第22條計算適用對象,2025年底,65歲以上低收入戶有5萬5710人,65歲以上中低收入戶則有8萬4234人,而這次「老福法」第22條修正中,確實刪除了要求地方政府提供弱勢長者部分負擔、健保給付以外的費用的規定。

對於這次修法的影響,周道君解釋,對於「低收入長者」的「部分負擔」來說,除了「老福法」之外,「社會救助法」也訂有補助規範,部分負擔一直都是由政府補助,社會救助及社工司每年都會據此編列相關預算,因此在這次修法中受到的影響相對較小。

但對於「中低收入長者」的「部分負擔」,以及「不分低收入戶長者」的「健保給付以外的費用」,周道君說,前述費用過去一直都是由地方依據自身財務狀況提供補助,現在要求地方必須進行補助的法源消失了,未來地方政府會不會繼續支付這些補助費用,只能「看地方政府的決定」。

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  • 地方政府未來是否會全面取消相關補助?
  • 後續修法是否有補救方案?

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