
立法院三讀通過修正老人福利法免健保費,民眾黨主席黃國昌質疑民進黨候選人曾提相同政見。律師林智群反駁,指地方首長政見具財源規劃且屬行政權,而立院修法違憲且未交代經費來源,造成國家財政沉重負擔。
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立法院10月16日三讀通過修正《老人福利法》第22條,約八成長者免健保費,年增400億支出。
立法院10月16日三讀通過修正《老人福利法》第22條,約八成長者免健保費,年增400億支出。
民眾黨主席黃國昌近日整理多位民進黨縣市長候選人曾提出「65歲以上補助健保費」的政見,質疑「民進黨可以,為何民眾黨不可以」。對此律師林智群今日在臉書發文反駁,直指兩者本質完全不同,藍白在立法院通過的版本已違反憲法「立法院不得增加預算」的鐵律。
林智群指出,地方政府的補助是由縣市長等行政權提出預算、送交議會審查通過,並非議會自己提案、自己通過,而黃國昌整理的資料本身就寫明是「縣市長候選人政見」,當選後由行政權編列預算的程序完全合法,反觀立法院並非行政權,卻自行提出預算法案,權限已混淆。
此外,兩者補助內容也大不相同。地方政府多針對「低收入老人」補助,且設有約800元上限,並非全面免費,唯一例外是台北市,僅所得稅率20%以上的高收入老人才需自繳,其餘由市府買單。更重要的是,地方政府都有提出財源規劃,而藍白立法院版本並未交代錢從哪裡來,已違反預算法。
林智群也強調財政彈性差異,地方政府財源不足可以喊停,但立法院一旦修法通過,每年將固定支出300至400億元,除非再次修法否則不能停止,將對國家財政造成長期負擔,批評黃國昌連行政、立法權分際都未釐清。

Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, visited Chengdu, Deyang, and Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan from October 13 to 16. He emphasized the need to solidly build a sense of community for the Chinese nation and promote the sinicization of religion.

Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong held a campaign headquarters inauguration meeting on the evening of the 17th. He invited Tsai Ing-wen, Xiao Meiqin, Chen Qimai, Hsieh Chang-ting and others to give speeches. There was a 1,000-seat rocking area at the site, and tens of thousands of people were expected to pour in to support.

On October 17, Shenzhen held the 30-day countdown themed event of APEC CHINA "Be a Good Host and Welcome APEC" and launched the "Green Travel, Smooth Travel with Me" initiative to mobilize citizens to stop driving and drive less private cars, which triggered an enthusiastic response.

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.

The Kuomintang's Central Changchang Investment Group said "AI is coming to power nuclear energy to have electricity." The Central Committee of the referendum campaign took place at Changhua Yuanlin on the 17th. Kuomintang Secretary-General Zhou Yuxiu led the platform to announce the blue-white cooperation election campaign and called for support for restarting the nuclear energy referendum and opposition candidates.

President Lai Qingde attended the inauguration meeting of Pingtung County Magistrate candidate Zhou Chunmi’s campaign headquarters and praised Pingtung for subsidizing health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old. In response to opposition parties questioning the contradiction between the central and local positions, legal experts pointed out that local self-raised budgets are legal autonomy and are fundamentally different from the Legislative Yuan's forced treasury to foot the bill.