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藍白修惡「老福法」又出包 林楚茵:假福利真剝削、欺負弱勢

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藍白近日強行三讀修正《老人福利法》第二十二條,讓六十五歲以上長者免繳健保費,但同時刪除地方政府應補助弱勢長者健保部分負擔及未涵蓋醫療費用的兩項法源,引發民進黨立委林楚茵及經民連智庫召集人賴中強強烈批評,指其為假福利真剝削、犧牲弱勢長者權益,並呼籲相關負責人辭職及立法院長道歉。

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藍白陣營近日推動修正《老人福利法》第二十二條,原條文規定地方政府應補助長者無力負擔的健保費、健保部分負擔及健保給付未涵蓋醫療費用三項,修法後僅保留中央全額補助健保費,刪除後兩項補助法源。

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藍白近日強推「老人福利法」第廿二條修法,讓六十五歲以上長者免繳健保費,卻倉促將地方政府應提供弱勢長者的兩項重要健保補助法源刪除。民進黨立委林楚茵昨痛批,藍白把「弱勢長輩」看病錢刪光,這就是未經充分審議、未與行政機關溝通、突襲式表決的惡果。

藍白用「免健保費」話術 欺騙全民

林楚茵批評,藍白亂修法的爛事又一樁,藍白用「免健保費」的話術欺騙全民,實則是假福利真剝削、欺負弱勢的離譜修法。

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林楚茵說,上週五藍白強行三讀通過修正「老人福利法」第廿二條,根本是用假福利包裝的惡法,原本條文規定,地方政府應補助長者無力負擔的健保保險費、健保部分負擔及健保給付未涵蓋醫療費用共三項;藍白三讀的條文,把健保部分負擔及健保給付未涵蓋醫療費用直接刪除,只剩下健保費由中央全額補助。

林楚茵說明,衛福部原本依據第廿二條訂有「老人參加全民健康保險無力負擔費用補助辦法」,現在母法相關規定被藍白刪除,低收入與中低收入長者的醫療補助直接失去法源依據。

「藍白眼中只有選票,沒有弱勢嗎?」林楚茵痛批,一般長輩的健保費,藍白拿全國年輕人的錢去買單;最需要醫療補助的弱勢長輩,卻被藍白直接丟包。民進黨縣市長候選人提議長者健保補助,是各縣市自行評估財政、自己編預算;藍白修法卻強制中央全額負擔,每年增加四百億元支出,還把最弱勢長者的保障一刀砍斷。

經民連智庫召集人賴中強也痛批,「天地不仁,以萬物為芻狗;藍白不仁,以中低收入老人為芻狗」,藍白把原本各縣市根據財政狀況,自行評估是否實施的老人健保費補助,甩鍋給中央全額負擔,全國低收入及中低收入老人何辜,竟要承受醫療補助被剝奪的後果,呼籲全民發聲,要求民眾黨主席黃國昌、國民黨團總召傅崐萁等人辭去職務,立法院長韓國瑜道歉並宣示未來會遵守國會審議必須達到透明原則與討論原則。

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 民進黨將提出憲法訴訟或立法程序爭取修法停止或復原

    Likely · Within weeks

  • 地方政府將對中央強制全額負擔健保費產生財政壓力反彈

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • 中央是否有足夠財源支應每年增加的四百億元健保補助支出?
  • 弱勢長者在失去地方補助後,將如何獲得必要醫療協助?
  • 修法是否經過充分委員會審議與公聽程序?

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