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600,000 People with Wia Benefits: Cabinet Wants to Drastically Simplify the System

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News Image dpa Minister of Social Affairs Hans Vijlbrief (D66) calls the situation regarding WIA benefits alarming and announces far-reaching reforms. The cabinet wants to simplify the system by abolishing the IVA benefit for the fully incapacitated, while Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen (VVD) warns of a budget deficit of more than one billion euros. More than 600,000 people depend on a disability benefit. Vijlbrief describes the current situat…
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News Image dpa Minister of Social Affairs Hans Vijlbrief (D66) calls the situation regarding WIA benefits alarming and announces far-reaching reforms. The cabinet wants to simplify the system by abolishing the IVA benefit for the fully incapacitated, while Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen (VVD) warns of a budget deficit of more than one billion euros. More than 600,000 people depend on a disability benefit. Vijlbrief describes the current situat…

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upday broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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