New Taipei Mayor's Political Meeting" Attack and defense on exempting health insurance premiums for the elderly. Su Qiaohui criticizes the rough revision of the law, while Li Sichuan shouts "If the central government does not do it, the local government will do it."

The New Taipei City mayoral election public television political statement was held today (13th). In response to the controversy over the aging society and the exemption of health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old due to the amendment of the "Elderly Welfare Law", New Taipei City mayor candidate Su Qiaohui of the Democratic Progressive Party criticized the Legislative Yuan's rough revision of the law and failed to abide by the spirit of the budget law. Li Sichuan, the New Taipei City mayoral candidate of the Kuomintang, countered Su's opposition to the law and the financial planning law, but issued social welfare checks wildly, promising that "the central government will not do it, but the local governments will do it."

Media representatives asked that the Legislative Yuan passed an amendment to the Elderly Welfare Act, which stipulates that the health insurance premiums for seniors over 65 who meet income requirements will be paid by the central government. However, Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai refused to countersign. There are 768,000 seniors in New Taipei City, but the debt is hundreds of billions of dollars. How should the candidates respond?

Su Qiaohui said that the Elderly Care Card may be renamed the "Supreme Card" in the future, and will be increased to 1,000 points per month, the annual accumulation will not return to zero, it can be used for rides and shopping, and it will be subsidized for dentures. It will use a "prevention first" public health approach to encourage the elderly to go out, delay aging, and reduce the future health care burden. The six major welfare policies only add 5 billion yuan each year, and the city government can afford it. During this period of time, various sectors of society have followed up on her six welfare policies, so she is on the right track and will definitely make more prudent assessment and planning in the future.

Regarding the amendment of the "Elderly Welfare Act", Su Qiaohui believes that the welfare of the elders should be consistent across the country. However, the Legislative Yuan's amendment did not abide by the spirit of the "Constitution" and "Budget Law" and did not discuss it with the Executive Yuan. It was very rough. In the future, as long as it is a national social welfare planned by the central government, she will fight for it from the standpoint of New Taipei.

In addition, Su Qiaohui proposed building a "zero-missed social safety net" with three major protection nets: using big data to integrate information such as water and electricity interruptions to find hidden cases, making good use of the discretionary power of the Social Assistance Law to promote the "collegial review system", and implementing "caring for caregivers" to increase social workers' salaries and subsidies, and subsidize further education; at the same time, use AI to promote administrative reductions and integrate repeated evaluations to give frontline social workers enough backing and dignity to catch every elder.

Li Sichuan pointed out that Su Qiaohui opposed the elderly health insurance subsidy in the Legislative Yuan and did not vote. The Executive Yuan did not countersign, and Su did not speak out. He questioned that since Su advocated national unity, why did the Legal Dean of the Legislative Yuan not countersign? He emphasized that Taipei can do it, and New Taipei elders should also be able to do it. If he is elected mayor, "if the central government does not do it, the local government will definitely do it."

Li Sichuan even questioned that Su Qiaohui said she was very good at coordinating the central budget, but the 5.41 billion yuan MRT subsidy New Taipei City applied for from the central government has not yet been received, and legislators from the same party have not coordinated; Su Qiaohui opposed the "Financial Planning Law" in the Legislative Yuan, which can increase a lot of funds for New Taipei City, but now she proposes that 1,000 points of the Senior Citizen Card can be used to buy things, and has issued so many checks without explaining where the money comes from.

Su Huihuang said that the aging population is accompanied by the problem of disadvantaged living alone, but the proportion of life pressure is greater for disadvantaged young people. He will ask the Accounting and Accounting Office to provide data to allocate resources in proportion. He dare not accept the law passed by the Legislative Yuan in full, so as to avoid debt and leave children and grandchildren. If the budget is not enough, it can be postponed for three years or within its capacity, and he will hold regular meetings with the central government to obtain funds.