The blue and white oolong practice bullies the weak elders! Zhong Jiabin: Take the flesh of the weak and stuff it between the teeth of the strong
Quick Look
- Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chung Jiabin criticized the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People's Party for forcibly amending Article 22 of the Elderly Welfare Act, expanding the scope of health insurance subsidies to seniors with income tax rates below 20%, and deleting part of the health insurance subsidy and non-health insurance medical subsidies for economically disadvantaged elders.
- He called this an act of robbing the poor to give to the rich, transferring the life-saving money of the disadvantaged elders to the economically advantaged, and pointed out that amending the law will increase the national treasury's expenditure by 38.8 billion, harming the rights and interests of the originally disadvantaged elders.
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Why It Matters
Last week, Blue and White pushed to amend Article 22 of the "Elderly Welfare Law" to add language that people over 65 are conditionally exempt from health insurance premiums, and at the same time delete the legal basis that requires local governments to subsidize the related expenses of vulnerable elders. Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhong Jiabin criticized this amendment to expand the scope of subsidies to seniors with income tax rates below 20%, but delete part of the health insurance subsidy and non-health insurance medical subsidies for economically disadvantaged seniors.
Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhong Jiabin. (File photo)
Last week, Blue and White pushed forward to amend Article 22 of the "Elderly Welfare Law" to include the conditional exemption from health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old, and also delete the legal basis for requiring local governments to subsidize the related expenses of vulnerable elders. Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhong Jiabin today criticized Blue and White for hastily revising the "Elderly Welfare Law" in the name of taking care of the elders. Now it has been revealed that it secretly deleted the "health insurance partial burden subsidy" and "non-health insurance medical subsidies" for economically disadvantaged elders. This is simply "robbing the poor and giving to the rich", robbing the weak and stuffing the teeth of the strong.
Zhong Jiabin pointed out that yesterday was the Double Ninth Festival. It was supposed to be a festival to celebrate the elders, but it received tragic news. The "health insurance partial burden subsidy" and "non-health insurance medical subsidies" for low- and middle-income elderly people were all cut off by the blue and white legislators. According to Article 22 of the "Elderly Welfare Act", the scope of subsidies in the original article was only for the economically disadvantaged. Last Friday, the two parties in the National Assembly forcibly amended the law, forcing the government to expand the scope of subsidies to the elderly with income tax rates below 20%. Even the economically advantaged can also receive health insurance subsidies.
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Zhong Jiabin said that after Blue and White forcefully opened the door that was originally reserved for the economically disadvantaged elders, they turned around and drove the real disadvantaged out. With a swing of a machete, they deleted all the "health insurance partial burden subsidy" and "non-health insurance medical subsidies" that originally subsidized the economically disadvantaged. They took the life-saving money of the disadvantaged to subsidize the rich, robbed the poor to help the rich, and robbed the flesh of the weak to stuff between the teeth of the strong. With such a low-spirited practice, Lan Bai could still speak so loudly, shouting that it was a Double Ninth Festival gift package for the elders. This was not a gift, but an unbearable tragedy.
Zhong Jiabin emphasized that Blue and White hastily revised the law and arbitrarily bullied the disadvantaged elders. Not only did the national treasury need to increase expenditure by 38.8 billion, but the subsidies originally enjoyed by the disadvantaged elders were also burned, causing all harm and no benefit; the Executive Yuan must take necessary measures to protect the rights originally conferred by the "Elderly Welfare Act."
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What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Executive Yuan will take necessary measures to protect the rights and interests originally granted by the Elderly Welfare Act
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Will this amendment be rejected by the Executive Yuan?
- How will the loss of benefits affect medical visits for vulnerable seniors?
- Does the government have alternatives to fill the Medicaid gap for vulnerable seniors?
