
台大、成大醫院企業工會聯合聲明反對老人福利法第22條修正案,指掏空醫療財務根基。
藍白強推「老人福利法」第22條修正案免除65歲以上長者健保費並由中央補助,台大醫院與成大醫院企業工會發布聯合聲明痛批,此舉將稀缺醫療資源淪為灑幣買票工具,加速我國醫療體系崩壞。
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在野黨強推「老人福利法」第22條修正案,免除多數65歲以上長者健保費並要求中央補助。
藍白強推「老人福利法」第22條修正案,免除多數65歲以上長者的健保費,並要求由中央補助,引起各界強力反彈,台大醫院企業工會、成大醫院企業工會透過聯合聲明痛批,原本就稀缺的醫療資源淪為灑幣買票工具,用掏空財務資源根基,掩飾我國醫療崩壞的實質危險,「免費健保卡換不來病床與醫療人員,灑幣買票終將加速自掘墳墓。」
聯合聲明指出,這次修法涉及「形式排富實質普發」逆向重分配,「立法權自立預算」憲政衝突,「喪失母法授權」粗糙刪減等各項爭議,最令人憂心的部分,即是將原就稀缺的醫療資源作為灑幣買票工具,裹以「不支持全額補助=不照顧長者」進行道德勒索攫取政治利益。
聲明中提到,在野黨聲稱公務預算補貼長者健保費的政策,在全台諸多縣市行之有年,但補助門檻高低各有歧異,故透過這次修法統一補助制度,避免地域及財政差別待遇,但這是「倒果為因、本末倒置的推託說詞」,且倒行逆施、推波助瀾,加速掏空財務資源根基,掩飾我國醫療崩壞的實質危機。
工會認為,將數百億元公務預算,耗費於缺乏實質排富的齊頭式健保保費補貼,無異於漠視結構性照護缺口與臨床人力瓦解,不僅與醫療資源永續運作背道而馳,亦無助實質改善年長者眼下真切的醫療困境,反將壓縮理性政策的討論空間,迫使社會各群體強行站隊以行撕裂。
聯合聲明強調,灑幣買票的惡性循環涵蓋各黨各派執政縣市,近年來更有擴大趨勢,本該加以檢討、修正乃至遏止,我國政壇卻不顧醫療資源短缺、醫療人員過勞出走惡況,續開支票以滿足民粹的行為不侷限於特定政黨,過往衛福部前部長邱泰源多次宣示「絕不調漲健保費」、現任部長石崇良表態「醫院不應藉關床達標護病比」都是如此。
因此,聯合聲明中強調,工會嚴正反對在野政黨本次修法,不為政治站隊,而是對朝野及任何政黨在內,將公務預算的恣意灑幣、醫療勞權法案的拖沓擱置、健保費基的凍結宣示等,作為操縱民粹的買票工具、乃至掏空醫療體系的掘墓鐵鏟,倘若未能懸崖勒馬,終是萬劫不復深淵。
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醫療工會將持續抗議並要求立法院撤回修法
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