
國民黨團書記長許宇甄回應藍白立委修正老人福利法刪除弱勢長者部分負擔費用等補助法源的爭議,指出弱勢醫療保障不僅依賴老人福利法,尚有全民健康保險法、社會救助法及地方制度提供獨立法律依據,已核定的行政受益亦不得任意取消,修法目的在於將健保費補助責任提升至中央以消除地域差距,而非削弱弱勢長者醫療照顧。
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藍白立委日前強行通過老人福利法修正案,被發現刪除了規定地方政府提供弱勢長者部分負擔費用及健保給付以外費用補助的法源,引發外界質疑弱勢長者醫療補助將被削弱。
藍白立委日前強行通過「老人福利法」修正案,引起外界質疑,昨天被抓出2項弱勢長者重要補助法源遭刪除,倉促修法鬧烏龍,原來應補助弱勢「部分負擔費用」、「健保給付以外的費用」,未來看地方政府的態度而定。對此,國民黨團書記長許宇甄今日表示,老人健保補助不會排擠弱勢醫療保障,政府不能任意取消既有補助。
修法前的「老人福利法」第廿二條規範,地方政府應提供弱勢長者健保保險費、部分負擔費用、健保給付以外的費用等3部分補助,但台灣經濟民主連合智庫召集人賴中強怒批,藍白立委在這次「老福法」修法過程中,硬是刪除了要求地方政府提供弱勢長者部分負擔費用、健保給付以外費用補助的法源,他批評這次修法形同「財政收支劃分法」的第4次惡修。
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許宇甄表示,必須從完整法律制度加以釐清。台灣的弱勢醫療保障並非只建立在《老人福利法》單一條文之上,《全民健康保險法》、《社會救助法》以及地方政府相關福利制度,都有各自的法律依據。
許宇甄指出,這次修法的主要目的,是將符合所得條件的長者健保費補助責任提升至中央政府,擴大長者的社會保障,而不是取消弱勢長者原有的醫療照顧。不能把單一法條的文字變動,直接解釋成所有弱勢醫療補助立即停止。
許宇甄說明,第一,《全民健康保險法》本來就有獨立的弱勢醫療保障,不會因《老人福利法》修正而失效。依《全民健康保險法》第49條規定,低收入戶的保險費與就醫部分負擔,已有法定保障;符合重大傷病等特定條件的民眾,也有依法免除部分負擔的制度。此外,《全民健康保險法》第36條對於經濟困難、無力一次繳納保險費或自行負擔費用者,亦設有分期繳納及協助機制。這些保障並非依附《老人福利法》第22條存在,自然不會因為本次修法而一併消失。
許宇甄表示,第二,《社會救助法》對低收入戶、中低收入戶的醫療補助,同樣具有獨立法律依據。《社會救助法》第2條明定,社會救助包括生活扶助、醫療補助、急難救助及災害救助。其中第三章第18條、第19條、第20條所建立的醫療補助制度,目的就是協助經濟困難民眾取得必要醫療照顧。換句話說,即使《老人福利法》第22條修正,《社會救助法》所規定的醫療補助義務仍然存在。符合該法資格的弱勢長者,依然可以循社會救助體系申請醫療協助,並非因為老人福利法修正,就失去所有醫療費用補助。
許宇甄強調,第三,已經核定的行政受益,不能因為法律修正就任意取消。依《行政程序法》關於行政處分效力、信賴保護及授益行政處分廢止的規定,政府依法核定的補助,並不是行政機關想取消就能取消。對於已經核定的醫療補助,行政機關必須審查原核定處分的效力、補助期間及法律變動的影響,不能把修法當成任意追繳或取消既有給付的理由。
許宇甄指出,至於地方政府已經建立的老人醫療補助制度,也必須分別檢視其自治條例、自治規則、行政計畫及預算依據,不能一概認定中央法律修正後,地方原有福利措施就全部失效。法規需要銜接,不等於中低收入戶長者已經喪失所有醫療保障。衛福部可以全面盤點現有補助,釐清哪些項目可依《全民健康保險法》、《社會救助法》及地方自治法規繼續辦理,哪些項目需要補強法律授權。
許宇甄重申,本次修法要解決的,是過去各縣市財政能力不同,導致長者健保費補助存在地域差距的問題。由中央承擔符合資格長者的健保費,正是希望建立更加公平的全國性制度。齊一長者健保費補助由中央政府編列預算支應,與維護弱勢長者醫療權益,從來不是二選一。政府既然有責任照顧一般長者,更有責任守護經濟弱勢者。修法後,原有的弱勢醫療保障不會減少,新增加的健保費補助也應確實落實。這才是修法真正應該達成的目標。
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衛福部將在未來數週內完成現有弱勢醫療補助的盤點,並提出依全民健康保險法及社會救助法繼續辦理的具體方案。
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地方政府將針對已核定的弱勢長者醫療補助,依行政程序法進行效力審查,以避免因中央法律修正而任意取消既有給付。
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