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The battle over the billionaire tax in California, initiated by French professor Emmanuel Saez and aimed at taxing billionaires at 5 percent to combat inequality, is polarizing the state, with supporters hoping for financial support for healthcare and opponents fearing the departure of wealthy residents. #miljardairsbelasting #Californië #ongelijkheid (translated)

A 24-year-old boy, William Chapman, was fatally injured by a tiger in a British animal park after he crossed two fences to enter the tiger enclosure, leading to a judicial investigation and concerns from his family about his mental health care. #ZooBritannique #Schizophrénie #DrameTragique (translated)

Wouter Duyck wrote that long-term sick individuals could work unburdened and officially, in his view. He stated that the budget for the sick had quintupled in 20 years and that the number of sick people had risen by 55 percent since VDB. He also criticized that there was increasingly a call for solidarity from those who, according to him, were paying for the system. He described social security as a system where money "sloshes against the skirting boards." #socialezekerheid #gezondheidszorg #solidariteit (translated)

The proposal by Minister Sophie Hermans to stop the 13-week ultrasound is seen as a deterioration of care, as maintaining this ultrasound in an improved form offers important benefits for early diagnosis and the choice of pregnant women. #13wekenecho #gezondheidszorg #keuzevrijheid (translated)

Professor Kris Vissers points out that the societal pressure on family members to say goodbye quickly leads to a trend of palliative sedation and a lack of time for a meaningful dying process, which can later have consequences for their mental well-being. #PalliatieveZorg #Sterven #Gezondheidszorg (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that many Dutch people, according to him, could not afford dental care, while the cabinet reimbursed millions of euros in healthcare costs each year for more than twenty thousand “uninsurable foreigners,” including dental care. https://t.co/swK9y4CiMk #gezondheidszorg #tandzorg #Nederland (translated)

This means that many pregnant women and their possible partners are unduly made worried about their pregnancy, while many others have received an incorrect favorable result. Hermans also announces in the letter that she wants to further investigate the entire prenatal screening process. #dertienwekenecho #zwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Pregnant women will no longer receive the thirteen-week ultrasound starting in 2027, as the results are often inaccurate, and Minister Sophie Hermans of Health, Welfare, and Sport has made this decision based on the advice of the Health Council. #dertienwekenecho #zwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

"This means that many pregnant women and their potential partners are wrongly made anxious about their pregnancy, while many others are wrongly given a favorable result." Hermans also announces in the letter that she wants to further investigate the entire prenatal screening. #13wekenecho #zwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Pregnant women will no longer receive the 13-week ultrasound from 2027, according to Minister Sophie Hermans of Health, Welfare and Sport, following advice from the Health Council, which concluded that the ultrasound was often not reliable enough. #13wekenecho #zwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Maarten van den Berg wrote that the government, education, and healthcare together had gained 261,000 jobs since the end of 2021, almost half of the job growth in the Netherlands. In industry, construction, and the employment agency sector, according to him, the number of jobs had decreased by 2,000. He stated that the public sector was growing while the productive sector was stagnating, and referred to figures from the CBS. https://t.co/KBR2yRfMFU #banengroei #onderwijs #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Dr. Jan van de Beek clarified that his point was only about housing and that healthcare, education, and utilities also needed expansion. According to him, asylum seekers who arrived could not scale up those services because they were, on average, much less educated than the Dutch population. #woningen #gezondheidszorg #onderwijs (translated)

An investigation by Voices for Women reveals that thousands of women have been mistreated and misdiagnosed for years, such as cases of Mirjam Kaijers, Antoinetta Schutrups, and Maaike van Schaik, who did not owe their health problems to psychological factors. #gezondheidszorg #vrouwengezondheid #foutivediagnoses (translated)

Minister Hermans has announced that the 13-week ultrasound for pregnant women will be abolished as of January 1, 2028, because the benefits of the ultrasound do not outweigh the disadvantages and it can cause unnecessary anxiety. #13wekenecho #zwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

In an opinion article, journalist Peter de Waard advocates for reconsidering the role of pharmacists and transforming them into clinical medication specialists in hospitals, while the distribution of medicines can be left to regional companies and even supermarkets. #geneesmiddelen #apotheek #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Last year, 163 girls under the age of 15 underwent an abortion, which means an increase of more than 2.5 times compared to the previous year, with the total number of abortions in the Netherlands rising to just under 40,000. #abortus #tienerzwangerschap #gezondheidszorg (translated)

The cabinet has made an additional 2.8 million euros available for research into post-COVID and wants to set up a registration for seriously ill patients, amid criticism of the earlier reduction of funding for this important area of research. #Postcovid #Gezondheidszorg #Onderzoek (translated)