Elderly people are eligible to be exempted from health insurance premiums, but the Political Yuan does not countersign it. Blue and White are forcing the old welfare law to be revised. Zhuo Kui: There are three major problems.

Last month, Lan Bai passed the third reading of the Legislative Yuan to amend the "Elderly Welfare Act", which clearly stipulates that elderly people over 65 years old are conditionally exempt from health insurance premiums. The Executive Yuan will announce today that it will "not countersign".

Executive President Toh Wing-tai said at a meeting yesterday that the amendment violates the principles of social insurance and generational justice, the principle that social welfare should give priority to subsidizing the disadvantaged, as well as the Constitution and fiscal discipline.

Zhuo Kui said that welfare care for the elderly has always been an important government policy. According to the current mechanism, for low- and middle-income elderly people over the age of 70, the government has an annual budget of 12. 200 million yuan will be used to subsidize health care premiums. For low-income and low-middle-income seniors aged 65 to 69, local governments will provide assistance based on their financial capabilities.

Zhuo Kui emphasized that after the law is revised, the scope of health insurance subsidies for the elderly over 65 years old will be expanded to more than 80% of the elderly, which will cost about 40 billion yuan a year. The amendments to the law significantly increase the government's annual expenditure without specifying the financial resources and failing to fully implement the legal procedures for consultation with the Executive Yuan.

Zhuo Kui pointed out that there are several problems in the amendment of the law. First, it violates the principles of social insurance and generational justice. The health insurance system adheres to the principle of self-help and mutual assistance and pay according to ability. Second, it violates the principle that social welfare should give priority to subsidizing the disadvantaged, and the amendment deletes the current subsidies for specific disadvantages. Third, it violates the constitution and fiscal discipline.

Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Lu Jiande pointed out at the press conference after the Executive Yuan meeting that if the comprehensive income tax rate under the revised law is estimated to be less than 20%, the annual income will fall between 1.33 million yuan and 2.66 million yuan. According to data from the Private Supervision and Health Insurance Alliance, the annual income of single elders aged 65 to 69 in the future will be 1.555 yuan. 80,000 yuan, or an annual net salary of 1,770 yuan. Those below 60,000 yuan are eligible for full subsidies, but the median annual salary of the young salaried class who bear these expenses is less than 600,000 yuan. Making up for the lack of damage violates social fairness and justice and generational fairness.