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The Legislative Yuan passed the amendment on the third reading to waive health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old and exclude wealthy people, but the Executive Yuan did not countersign the bill.
People’s Party founding chairman Ko Wenzhe (third from right) attended the Taoyuan City “Two Suns Ft. People’s Taoyuan Team” campaign. (Photo by reporter Zhou Minhong)
When Ko Wenzhe, the founding chairman of the People's Party, attended the "Two Suns Ft. People's Taoyuan Team" rally in Taoyuan City in the evening, he talked about the Legislative Yuan's third reading of the exemption of health insurance premiums for seniors over 65 years old and the exclusion of the wealthy. He said that the Executive Yuan did not countersign the amendment, which he could not understand. Is it opposition for the sake of opposition or what? And he had another diagnosis, which was "Lai Qingde is crazy."
Ko Wenzhe said that a total of 11 Democratic Progressive Party legislators wanted to elect county and city heads, and they all agreed with the amendment to exempt people over 65 from health insurance premiums and exclude the wealthy. However, the central government rejected it. He really couldn't understand what was going on with the DPP. His diagnosis was that Lai Qingde was crazy, but Lai Qingde continued to be crazy, and the people of Taiwan still had to live a normal life.
When People's Party Chairman Huang Guochang was asked by Ke Wenzhe whether he had relevant information, he replied that because Ke Wenzhe was thinking about the people and how to govern the country, the DPP was thinking about "how to elect."

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