Blue and White teamed up to pass the "free health insurance premium for those over 65 years old". Lin Zhiqun angrily criticized: What kind of generational justice?
Quick Look
- The Legislative Yuan of the Blue and White camp jointly passed the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Law" to subsidize the elderly over the age of 65 to have their health insurance premiums waived.
- Lawyer Lin Zhiqun criticized the move in a Facebook post, saying that the move has become a case of rich old people exploiting young people.
- He also questioned the bill as unconstitutional and called on the Executive Yuan not to countersign it.
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Why It Matters
The Blue and White camps joined forces in the Legislative Yuan to pass an amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Law" to subsidize the elderly over the age of 65 to have their health insurance premiums waived.
Blue and White teamed up to forcefully pass the "Elderly Welfare Act" to amend the law, subsidizing the health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old. In this regard, lawyer Lin Zhiqun criticized that middle- and low-income elderly people already have subsidies, and other elderly people are in better financial situations than young people. The blue-and-white amendments to the law have turned wealthy old people into exploiting young people. What kind of generational justice is this?
Lin Zhiqun posted on Facebook that the economic situation of people over 65 years old is better than anyone else and they use the most medical resources. As a result, Blue and White said that they do not have to pay health insurance premiums. Rich old people exploit young people. What kind of generational justice is this?
Lin Zhiqun questioned that health insurance subsidies were previously subsidies from local governments. Blue and white local governments have already received a bunch of subsidies from the central government. They don’t want to pay for it themselves as a favor. There is a clear requirement for central budget subsidies? The central government’s money has been poached, so there’s no need to do anything? Let him appeal to the Legislative Yuan not to increase the budget. This bill is also a meat barrel spending bill and is unconstitutional. Please ask the Executive Yuan not to countersign it.
After the post was exposed, netizens said, "Most old people have more money than young people, and health insurance premiums are actually subsidized by young people." "Let old people who have no work pressure and receive pensions have more money to go to the hospital all day long, while young people are busy I don’t have time to see a doctor at work but I still have to pay more taxes. Thank you so much.” “It’s so cool to have other people pay for my dinner.” “It’s disgusting that I want to buy old people’s votes when the election is here.”
Open Questions
- Will the Executive Yuan take no counter-signature or other counter-action against this bill?
