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许文远为什么不提去年他和台湾卫生署长杨志良的谈话


许文远为什么不提去年他和台湾卫生署长杨志良的谈话

在昨晚的行动党群从大会上,许文远提到欧美,英国的例子,但是,去年,他和卫生署长在新加坡见面,不知道有没有提到以下的重点:

台湾中央社从新加坡发了一篇报道,要点如下:

·        台湾的健保透过人民、雇主和政府分摊费用的方式,让全民都能获得医疗照顾,也因此从开始实施到现在,人民的满意度超过7成。

·        杨志良直言批评新加坡现在采行的医疗保险制度,强制人民进行保健储蓄,但对穷人来说只会愈来愈穷。

·        世界上没有一种制度是完美的,因此台湾现在也在推动改革,以家户为单位计价,同时参考年度收入时,也把不动产等收入计入,可以让富人多缴点钱照顾穷人,也同时扩大制度的收入基础。

·        台湾决定走向社会福利和全民都获得医疗照顾的目标,一个极右的政府要采取极左的健保,这只是选择的问题,但现在执行起来,仍是全民获利。

·        新加坡这样的生活水平,只花费国内生产毛额(GDP)的4%,就能照顾到人民的医疗问题,到底这个数据怎么计算出来的,可惜新加坡政府迄今仍不愿意公开,如果将来发现新加坡的制度比较好,台湾也一样可以采纳。

看来,台湾的民主值得借鉴外,我们也要参考一下人家的健保制度。以下是台湾中央社的报道:

杨志良:世界没有完美制度 健保因此要改革

(中央社记者康世人新加坡31日专电)卫生署署长杨志良今天应邀在李光耀公共政策学院演讲,介绍台湾的健保时指出,世界上没有一种完美的制度,因此台湾现在要改革健保制度,以公平方式扩大收入基础。

杨志良中午应邀在李光耀公共政策学院演讲,再度向学生和与会者分析全球几种健康医疗保险制度,并介绍台湾采取社会保险制度的全民健保。

杨志良指出,台湾的健保透过人民、雇主和政府分摊费用的方式,让全民都能获得医疗照顾,也因此从开始实施到现在,人民的满意度超过7成。

不
过,由于杨志良昨天在经济学人信息社的论坛上,直言批评新加坡现在采行的医疗保险制度,强制人民进行保健储蓄,但对穷人来说只会愈来愈穷,引起主持人潘家鸿质疑台湾健保所生成的财务困难。

潘家
鸿谈到,台湾有些老人一年可能看了一百次的病,但唯一一次没有到医院报到的那次,其实才是真正生了病无法出门,导致台湾健保制度医疗资源遭到浪费,形成财务负担。

但是,
杨志良回应说,世界上没有一种制度是完美的,因此台湾现在也在推动改革,以家户为单位计价,同时参考年度收入时,也把不动产等收入计入,可以让富人多缴点钱照顾穷人,也同时扩大制度的收入基础。

杨志良强调,全世界许多国家都碰到人口老化和新医疗科技导致医疗开支加重等问题,但台湾决定走向社会福利和全民都获得医疗照顾的目标,一个极右的政府要采取极左的健保,这只是选择的问题,但现在执行起来,仍是全民获利。

另外一名
学生也提到台湾一产妇产后大出血,必须施打昂贵的凝血剂,结果必须花费新台币300多万元,但在健保给付下,产妇只需要支付3万多元,如果以前没有这种凝血剂,健保也不必支出这么大的金额,如何去评断这样的开支是否合理?

杨志良指出,台湾的健保设计,就是要决定哪些应该纳保,以符合大众利益。就如同将来可能会有基因治疗、复制器官或复制人的新科技在未来十年出现,什么东西健保要保、什么不保?都是问题,例如基因治疗可能是预防性的,是不是应该保,都会面临问题,现在台湾健保能够做的,就是把收入基础扩大,然后把根据收入的健保费的间距增加,以求得尽量的公平。

杨志良再度提到,新加坡这样的生活水平,只花费国内生产毛额(GDP)的4%,就能照顾到人民的医疗问题,到底这个数据怎么计算出来的,可惜新加坡政府迄今仍不愿意公开,如果将来发现新加坡的制度比较好,台湾也一样可以采纳。

对于直言评论新加坡的医疗制度,今晚接受新加坡卫生部长许文远邀宴时会不会尴尬,有着学者性格的杨志良告诉中央社记者,他只是就事论事。

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来源:中央社)

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