Blue and White legislators jointly passed the 22nd Amendment to the Elderly Welfare Act on the third reading in the Legislative Yuan, which clearly stipulates that the health insurance premiums of seniors over 65 years old and whose income tax rate does not reach 20% will be fully subsidized by the central government. However, Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang said that the central government's financial resources are limited. Filling the premium gap for the elderly will crowd out other available resources of the central government. In an interview today, Chairman Huang Guochang of the People's Party responded that Shi's statement is deceiving the Taiwanese people. The total budget of the central government next year is NT$4 trillion. The central government has no money for the elderly to implement their health rights? He criticized "Shi Chongliang, don't tell lies with your eyes open."
Huang Guochang accepted a joint interview with the media before the founding meeting of the New Taipei City Council candidate Chen Yijun of the New Taipei City People's Party. Huang said that Shi Chongliang's statement is deceiving the people of Taiwan. He reported to everyone that the total budget of the central government was only about more than 2 trillion yuan before President Lai Ching-te took over. In the past two years, it has exceeded 3 trillion yuan. The total budget of the central government next year will be 4 trillion yuan. Within this 4 trillion yuan budget, the budget has expanded so much. Do you mean that the central government has no money for the elderly to implement health human rights? "Shi Chongliang, don't tell lies with your eyes open."
Huang Guochang said that the most important purpose of passing the "Elderly Welfare Law" on the third reading is to implement the health equality rights of the elderly, so that no matter which county or city in Taiwan the elders are located in, they will not be given more subsidies for the elderly's health care premiums, or not at all, just because the local government has more money or less money. The intention is very good and should not be discredited by the DPP's manipulation.
He pointed out that the Democratic Progressive Party was the first to say that this move would cause the health insurance to go bankrupt. Huang emphasized that "it will not go bankrupt at all." Health insurance premiums still have to be paid to the health insurance fund. It is only paid to the health insurance fund from the central government's budget. The health insurance fund will not be missing. There is no such thing as bankruptcy.
Huang Guochang said, secondly, the DPP said that it would be passed on to young people, and each young person would have to pay more than 3,000 yuan in health insurance premiums. This is even more nonsense and is completely false. , if the level of the health insurance fund will not be affected in any way, how can young people have to pay more health insurance premiums every month?
Huang said, what's more, what's more, President Lai just said in Pingtung yesterday that senior citizens over 65 years old will not have to pay health insurance premiums starting next year? Then Pingtung County Magistrate Zhou Chunmi next to him nodded and said, "Yes, there is a shadow." Then Lai said, "It's okay to just pinch it." I want to tell President Lai, can we not just let Pingtung "just pinch it and it's okay"? Can all elders in Taiwan be allowed to "just be safe"?
