Health insurance premiums are free for those over 65 years old! Changhua saves 2.4 billion per year, Wei Pingzheng and Qiu Jianfu accuse Chen Suyue of match-fixing

Changhua County Mayor candidate Chen Suyue took the lead in incorporating health insurance premium exemption for seniors over 65 into her political agenda to create a happy and livable city.

Legislators from the Kuomintang and the People's Party jointly passed the 22nd amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Law" on the third reading today. Elderly people over 65 years old and whose income tax rate falls below 20% are exempt from paying health insurance premiums. In other words, the central government will foot the bill in full. Among the four candidates for Changhua County Mayor, three have included the county government's full subsidy for the elderly's health care premiums into their political views, including Chen Suyue, the candidate for Changhua County Mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party. However, Chen Suyue was absent and did not vote. Wei Pingzheng, the candidate for Changhua County Mayor of the Kuomintang, and Qiu Jianfu, the candidate for Changhua County Mayor without party membership, criticized Chen Suyue for match-fixing.

Wei Pingzheng said that Chen Suyue's political opinion is to exempt health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old. Since the central government has passed a legislative proposal today, it means that the Changhua County Government can reduce the 2.4 billion. Why does Chen Suyue not agree? It can’t help but make people think that political fixing may not be implemented after becoming the county magistrate, because no one agrees with it now. It is difficult to imagine that the county government will have to spend its own money to support the money. The logic does not make sense. “If the central government wants to help you pay, you don’t want it. You have to pay it yourself. Isn’t this weird?”

Qiu Jianfu affirmed that the Legislative Yuan approved the free health insurance for those over 65 years old, which will be borne by the government. However, he also criticized his opponent, Chen Suyue, who is a candidate for county magistrate and also a legislator, for missing this important vote. He kept saying that he would support free government-funded health insurance for those over 65 years old, but he gave up the vote. It was obviously a case of match-fixing. He called on Chen Suyue to make it clear whether she supported the policy or not. Or give up?

According to preliminary statistics from the Changhua County Government, there are currently about 252,500 elderly people over the age of 65 in the county. Calculated at 826 yuan per person, deducting the central government subsidy for the middle- and low-income elderly aged 70 years old, at least 2.436 billion yuan is needed every year. This does not include the income tax rate for high-income earners with a gap of more than 20%.