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Hermans to present proposals on healthcare cost deductions next month

Health Minister Sophie Hermans of the VVD wants to present the House of Representatives with alternative proposals within a month for abolishing the deduction for specific healthcare costs. The cabinet wants to end the deduction because it considers the scheme error-prone and unfairly applied to care costs. The House is dissatisfied with the plan, which could particularly affect chronically ill people.