{"id":172663,"date":"2025-10-01T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172663\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:26:21","slug":"dropping-proposed-manx-health-levy-protects-equitable-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172663\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropping proposed Manx health levy &#8216;protects equitable care&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2er1l9g5lo\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">consultation<\/a> on the proposals run from March received more than 3,800 responses, and although they have not yet been published, Treasury Minister Alex Allinson previously said it &#8220;helped to gauge public appetite&#8221; on the charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The levy would have been deducted from people&#8217;s incomes through the existing tax return system to tackle rising healthcare costs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The charge would have applied regardless of age, as well as to those not currently subject to personal income tax such as lump sums on retirement, war pensions, TT homestay payments, mortgage interest relief and some social security benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The medical society said it believed dropping the proposals would &#8220;help protect equitable access to care, remove financial pressures on vulnerable groups, and support the sustainability of the island&#8217;s health system&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said it &#8220;remained committed to constructive engagement&#8221; with the government, and to ensure &#8220;future reforms prioritise patient outcomes, professional wellbeing, and the resilience of the Island&#8217;s healthcare system&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A consultation on the proposals run from March received more than 3,800 responses, and although they have not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-172663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}