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why not the centre? (quokk.au)
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[–] [S] 16 points 9 months ago (1 child)

The VVD, D66, SGP, CU and JA21 have all said they want a freeze on adding new treatments to the basic healthcare package, which is determined by the government. Critics say this would lead to patients being denied new treatments which could, for example, cure their cancer or other chronic illnesses.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/the-big-election-issues-healthcare-and-health-insurance/

Kinda sounds like they are about letting people die without insurance, and given enough time in power would build further on these policies. Your baseline intolerance for healthcare cuts may be higher, but make no mistake they want to take it away from you.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    First of all of those parties I only consider D66 as central. Ja21 is far right. VVD pretends to be center but is also very right. SGP and CU are right and Christian so very conservative.

    The thing about the freezing, it basically means healthcare stays as it is, and the newest most expensive treatments aren't automatically added to system, but the current ones are still valid. It's not great, but we need to seriously step up our military to gain more independence from the US, so we can defend ourselves against Putin, even if the US would choose not to help. This is going to cost a lot, so we need to either cut costs somewhere (healthcare is one of the biggest expenses) or we need to borrow more. Borrowing more will also kick the cheque down the road, basically making it the problem of the next generation. In a better world there was no thread of war and all the money could be spend on things like healthcare, but that is not the reality we live in.

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