The contribution that the elderly and the sick pay for help and support from the municipality is in 2017 for everyone down. This windfall for about 290,000 households is this afternoon announced during the publication of the Prinsjesdags pieces.
Especially single earners with a chronically ill partner, about 12,000 households, there drastically go on ahead. For most people on modal level within this group, the maximum contribution down from 1,460 to 63 euros.
Algerichte for the elderly, the Government has taken measures to improve their purchasing power in 2017, via the elderly discount, the care allowance and rent allowance. In addition, this group also benefits from the lower contribution.
Vulnerable people A single elderly pension and a pension of 5000 euro here has an advantage of 83 euros. A couple in the same situation is 165 euro next year even on advance, let Secretary know Rhine Tuesday. Van Rijn (public health, PvdA) explains:,, it is nice that we for vulnerable people in need of care and their partners very focused can do anything to their care costs now go better with Netherlands. "
The Cabinet pulls 50 million for the softening of the own contribution. The measure is according to insiders until several days ago approved by Minister Dela Cruz (finance) and is therefore not in the budget documents.
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