
台灣年輕病友協會呼籲,健保應重新檢視現行以薪資所得為核心的保費計算制度,建立符合人口及所得結構變遷的健保財務機制。
台灣年輕病友協會呼籲改革健保保費計算制度。現行以薪資為核心的制度對上班族與退休族造成繳費不公,協會建議落實量能負擔原則,啟動健保財源改革社會對話以確保世代公平。
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台灣已進入超高齡社會,未來高齡人口醫療需求持續增加,工作年齡人口持續減少。
台灣年輕病友協會呼籲,健保應重新檢視現行以薪資所得為核心的保費計算制度,建立符合人口及所得結構變遷的健保財務機制。
「老人福利法」修正草案被藍白以「突襲式修法」通過後,造成一連串爭議。台灣年輕病友協會強調,台灣已進入超高齡社會,未來高齡人口的醫療需求會持續增加,工作年齡的人口卻持續減少,應重新檢視現行以薪資所得為核心的保費計算制度,建立符合人口及所得結構變遷的健保財務機制。
年輕病友協會指出,依據現行健保以「薪資」所得為核心的保費計算制度,透過薪資賺到100萬的上班族,以及透過被動收入賺取100萬的65歲退休者,繳納的健保費完全不同,前者全年讓健保獲得約7萬2456元的保費收入,後者僅能為健保帶來3萬7624元,兩者相差近一倍。
協會認為,台灣逐漸邁入超高齡社會、勞動人口減少、退休人口增加時,讓不同來源的所得公平分攤全民健保的財務責任,將成為健保永續與世代公平的重要課題,不應仰賴科技與AI產業紅利、視作支應長期醫療需求的「救世財源」。
因此,年輕病友協會也呼籲,政府應啟動健保財源改革社會對話,全面檢討健保保費計算基礎,落實量能負擔原則,評估不同來源所得的有效保費負擔,檢討一般保費及補充保費的計算方式、門檻、上限與豁免規定,並兼顧低所得家庭保障、重複計費及行政可行性。
協會建議,除年度費率及收支預測外,應納入人口結構、所得成長、醫療需求及科技發展,建立不同財源組合的情境分析,公開說明各世代與所得族群的可能負擔,真正的世代公平,不是單純比較哪個年齡層使用較多醫療資源,而是讓不同世代依照合理的經濟能力共同承擔醫療保障責任。
另一方面,協會指出,健保財務改革涉及不同世代、所得族群及醫療需求者的權益,應透過公開透明的政策討論,納入青年、病友、勞工、醫療專業及其他社會團體的意見,形成更具正當性與可持續性的制度共識。
The 23rd World Congress of Traditional Chinese Medicine was held in Singapore to explore the integration of traditional Chinese medicine into the global health system. Through high-level evidence-based medical research and the construction of a localized comprehensive service system, traditional Chinese medicine is accelerating its shift from single product trade to comprehensive overseas expansion.

Northwestern University and the Buck Institute on Aging collaborated to analyze healthy ovarian tissue from 28 menopausal women and found that protein composition changes with age, and found clues related to inflammation, tissue fibrosis and ovarian cancer. The results were published in "Aging Cells".

The "Dementia Research Office" of the National Center for Aging Medicine and Health and Welfare Research of the National Institutes of Health was inaugurated on the 19th. DPP Yunlin County Governor candidate and legislator Liu Jianguo attended the event and said that Taiwan's dementia population is about 400,000 and rising rapidly. He hopes to integrate industry, government, academia and research through the research office so that research results can be introduced into families and communities to build a complete dementia protection network.
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