The elderly benefits will be given to 330,000 citizens
New Taipei City Mayor Chu praises the “101 elderly health grants” to the Parliament a special report. He said that the reform program will extend the city""s elderly, which previously did not care to 140,000 elderly people can benefit from and take into account the disadvantaged groups, the city government will also uphold "fair and reasonable. Information used to build "the principles of the welfare policy would be considered.
Mayor Chu said that the New Taipei City, nearly 392 million populations, about 330,000 elderly people, to maintain the city""s elderly mental and physical health and enhance the well-beings of the elderly, elderly health grants will also be transformed to expand to cover, whether it is monthly $244, $299, $330, $659 of categories, each elderly person has a basic amount of health insurance premiums.
Chu said the elderly dependent children insured only grant the basic amount of health insurance premiums. In order to achieve fair and reasonable, these elderly is to be classified are listed in the first category of public servants, public officials, private staff, public and private utilities, as well as the employment of certain employers, employers, self-employed, professional and technical personnel practice on their own. If these elderly to receive health grants, they still can not afford the health insurance fee, the city government will provide relief programs to give the applying for funding.
Mayor Chu also went on to say that the investigation by the Bureau of Social Affairs, the first class of children to the elderly monthly insured amount in more than $40,000, $30005, and $50,000 more than 10,008 people, even the insured amount up to more than $100,000 or more than $180,000.
Mayor Chu pointed out that, for health care coverage for the elderly 65-79 years old 80 - 89-year-old, 90-99-year-old. Aged 65 to 79-year-old elderly person per year maximum grant of three thousand dollars; $ 4,000 for the 80-year-old to 89-year-old, 90-year-old to 99 years is $ 10,000 more than hundred years, centenarians, compared with $20,000.
The Mayor particularly thanked the City Council to arrange a New Taipei City 101 elderly health grant project report, and thanks to lawmakers eager to provide valuable advice and support the project.
Chu admitted that health care coverage for the elderly implementation plan still has room for improvement, the city would offer good advice, and more to listen to the views of Members. He said a lot of comments are about the lack of subsidies for the way the city will use the second half of the release of opinion polls done in conjunction with the Double Ninth respecting grants to the most respect for the elderly.
For the subsidy program, Mayor Chu stressed that the city government will " increase the absolute beneficiaries," take care of the disadvantaged ", where the Director-General and miles long active care, comprehensive survey of all life and health status of the elderly, and more immediate service delivery to the elderly, healthy elderly health, elderly people in need receive timely service.