Each person pays 3,000 more per year! Blue and white forced to enter the third reading of free health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old

The Popular Party Group has been vigiling in front of the Legislative Yuan since last night, and is striving to propose the "Amendment to Certain Articles of the Elderly Welfare Law" for the third reading in the chamber today to subsidize the elderly over 65 years old from paying health insurance premiums. Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu convened a consultation between the ruling and opposition parties in the morning, but the ruling and opposition parties held different opinions. Han Guoyu announced that it was obvious that consensus could not be reached, and the chamber would immediately vote. The voting results showed that 99 people were present, 60 were in favor and 39 were against, and the motion to amend according to the blue and white was passed.

The People's Party Group proposed the "Amendment to Certain Articles of the Elderly Welfare Law". If the insurance premiums of the elderly or their legal support obligors for the elderly's participation in the national health insurance are determined by the tax collection authority to be less than the declaration standard or the comprehensive income tax rate is less than 20% in the most recent year, the central competent authority will fully subsidize the insurance premiums.

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This morning, Han Kuo-yu convened consultations between the ruling and opposition parties, but the case still fell apart. Over the opposition of the Democratic Progressive Party legislators, a voting battle broke out. The Blue and White legislators took advantage of their numerical advantage to pass the amendment motion proposed by the Kuomintang caucus and the popular party caucus on the third reading.

After the proposal was passed, Chen Qinglong, the general convenor of the Popular Party Caucus, and others used their deliberative skills to veto the review of the case. According to the rules of procedure of the Legislative Yuan, review can only be submitted once, which means that DPP legislators who oppose the proposal cannot propose review again.

Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang said today (16th) that if these costs are passed on to people aged 15 to 64, each person will pay more than 3,000 yuan a year. He preached that health insurance premiums should return to the spirit of spending according to capacity and mutual help and mutual benefit, rather than supplementing premiums based on "status."