The Political Yuan refuses to endorse free health insurance for the elderly. Zhang Yumeng criticizes Blue and White for telling lies: County and city subsidies will continue

Blue and White issued a number of election checks before the nine-in-one general election, including the Legislative Yuan passing the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Act" on the third reading last month, which clearly stipulates that seniors over 65 years old are conditionally exempt from health insurance premiums. Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chongliang pointed out that the revised law was seriously flawed. Executive President Zhuo Yongtai also decided not to act yesterday. Taiwan Youth Democratic Association Director Zhang Yumeng criticized Blue and White, knowing that there are problems with the amendment of the law, but they still tell lies and deliberately put the Executive Yuan in a dilemma before the election. He also predicted that Blue and White will continue to engage in public opinion wars and "the DPP blocks free health insurance for the elderly".

Zhang Yumeng pointed out in a Facebook post that Zhuo Rongtai faced the challenge head-on and directly refused to countersign the "elderly's health insurance for free" under the "Elderly Welfare Act"! Next, Blue and White will definitely rush to clean up, saying, "The DPP is blocking free health insurance for the elderly."

Zhang Yumeng said that this is nonsense. The original version of "Blue and White Cultivation of Evil" would force the central government to spend more than 40 billion yuan every year. But you know what? After the Financial Planning Law was revised by Blue and White, Taipei alone received 45.2 billion more than last year, and New Taipei also received 41.8 billion more. The "extra money" these two counties and cities alone have to pay is more than the "extra money" they have to pay for centrally subsidized health insurance premiums. We want to make health insurance for the elderly free, and the county and city governments don’t have to pay a dime. Is there such a good thing in the world?

Zhang Yumeng mentioned that not only the two provinces, but also Taoyuan will receive an additional 30.1 billion, and Taichung will receive an additional 29.9 billion. Even Hualien's overall allocation of tax revenue from the central government this year has skyrocketed to 23.1 billion, Nantou 24.8 billion, and Miaoli 22.9 billion. As long as these counties and cities are willing, they can spend some money to take care of their elders without having to force the central government to drain the treasury all day long.

Zhang Yumeng emphasized that the key point is that originally, 14 counties and cities in Shuangbei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, regardless of blue or green, have already subsidized the elderly's health insurance premiums - but they used their own county and city's money. Your county and city finances can afford it. If you want subsidies, you can subsidize them yourself. Why drag the whole country down? If Zhuo Rongtai does not countersign the "Elderly Welfare Law" today, the subsidies for these counties and cities will continue. (Unless some county or city gets angry and cancels free of charge, I don’t dare.)

Zhang Yumeng questioned that the worst thing is that Lanbai came up with the "top secret version" before the law was revised, and was so outrageous that it directly deleted the legal basis for the "partial payment of health insurance expenses" and "self-paid medical expenses" subsidies for low- and middle-income elderly people.

Zhang Yumeng criticized: Do Huang Guochang and Fu Kunqi know how many middle- and low-income elders there are in the country? 66,000. The medical subsidies for these 66,000 people were directly cut off by Fu Kunqi, Xu Yuzhen, Chen Qinglong and Hong Yuxiang with a "re-amendment motion".

Zhang Yumeng pointed out that after Zhuo Rongtai announced that he would not countersign, Chen Xiangguo, chairman of the National Federation of Medical Associations, immediately stated that he "affirms the courage of the Executive Yuan." In the past few days, many people were worried that Taiwan's medical care would collapse due to geniuses like Blue and White, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fu Kunqi, Wang Hongwei and Weng Xiaoling were busy again.

Zhang Yumeng emphasized that Blue and White are all aware of these issues. They still want to tell lies with open eyes and deliberately put the Executive Yuan in a dilemma before the election - if you countersign, you will be in debt and your descendants will be in debt. If you don't countersign, I will erase you as "having a grudge against the elderly" all the way to the polling day. Finally, he said bluntly: "The next step is a war of public opinion."