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The Legislative Yuan passed the amendment to the Elderly Welfare Law on the third reading, promoting the exemption of health insurance premiums for seniors over 65 years old.
Xu Yousheng, a member of the People's Party who once ran for Keelung City Council, announced his resignation from the party in 2023 and exposed the People's Party's shady story.
In order to promote the exemption of health insurance premiums for seniors over 65 years old, the Popular Party Group did not hesitate to stay in the Legislative Yuan and lined up to propose amendments to the "Elderly Welfare Law", and even passed the third reading with the support of the Kuomintang Group. In response, Xu Yousheng, a former Keelung City Council candidate of the People's Party, posted on Facebook: "The party that supports young people the most has offended the remaining supporters."
In the last presidential election, after the Blue-White coalition failed in 2023, People's Party presidential candidate Ke Wenzhe and his deputy Wu Xinying registered to run. Xu Yousheng later posted a post on Facebook with the title "Goodbye, the People's Party I once loved, the new politics I once thought of", stating that he was withdrawing from the People's Party and exposing many controversies within the party.
Yesterday, Blue and White legislators relied on their numerical advantage to pass the "Amendment to the Elderly Welfare Law" on the third reading, triggering a strong backlash from the medical community. Facing the passage of the third reading of the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Act," Chief Executive Officer Cheuk Wing-tai recently stated that the government will need to increase its budget by NT$40 billion every year in the future, and as the population ages, the annual budget increase will be very rapid. In addition, he also criticized Legislative President Han Guoyu for ignoring the constitution, contempt for the law, and allowing the opposition legislators to take the lead in violating the constitution.
Xu Yousheng posted on Facebook early this morning: "Fortunately, I quit. The party that supports young people the most has offended the remaining supporters."

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The Legislative Yuan passed the "Elderly Welfare Law" in the third reading yesterday, exempting seniors over 65 years old from paying health insurance premiums. Zhang Honglin, CEO of the PCG, criticized the Blue and White leadership for promoting the money trap bill, which will cause permanent losses and structural liabilities in the national finance due to the loss of health insurance, which is tantamount to paralyzing national fiscal discipline.

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Blue and white legislators of the Legislative Yuan jointly passed the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Act" on the third reading to subsidize the health insurance premiums of the elderly over 65 years old, triggering generational injustice and backlash from the medical community. Shen Rongqin, an associate professor at York University in Canada, pointed out that members and supporters of the Popular Party poured into the comment area to object and criticized Ko Wenzhe, Huang Guochang and Chen Zhihan for disregarding generational justice and fiscal discipline.