Julian Bushoff

Julian Bushoff
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 November 2022
Preceded byKhadija Arib
Personal details
Born (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27)
Groningen, Netherlands
Political partyLabour

T.J. (Julian) Bushoff (born 21 March 1997) is a Dutch politician from the Labour Party (PvdA). In 2022, he replaced Khadija Arib in the House of Representatives after she resigned, and he was re-elected in November 2023 on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list.[1] Bushoff's focus is on curative healthcare as well as the damage cause by induced earthquakes due to extraction from the Groningen gas field.[2]

An amendment to the government's healthcare budget proposed by Bushoff was passed by the House in February 2024 that would appropriate €27 million towards establishing long COVID treatment centers. Minister of Health Ernst Kuipers had earlier refused to allocate any funds despite motions calling for such centers.[3][4] Later that year, he wrote a bill with Daniëlle Jansen (NSC) that would allow the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) to investigate and block takeovers of medical providers with a revenue of less than €30 million. This authority already existed for larger companies. Bushoff called it unjust that healthcare funding ended up at private investors.[5]

  1. ^ "Julian Bushoff, student en Kamerlid, wil ook 'gewoon 25' kunnen zijn" (in Dutch). 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Portefeuilles Tweede Kamer" [House of Representatives portfolios]. GroenLinks–PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Longcovidpatiënten vrezen dat 'unieke' kans voor behandelcentra verloren gaat" [Long COVID patients fear that 'unique' opportunity for treatment centers will be wasted]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Longcovidklinieken kunnen toch van start: Kamer maakt miljoenen vrij" [Long COVID treatment centers can be established: House appropriates millions]. NOS (in Dutch). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Partijen: waakhond ACM moet private investeerders in zorg kunnen stoppen" [Parties: Watchdog ACM should be able to stop private investors in healthcare]. NOS (in Dutch). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.