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Looking ahead

Authors:	Mark Bell
Date of Publication:	October 2007
ISBN:	1 902622 64 2

There is widespread concern about how to fund long term care services for the elderly. The current system is thought to be unfair, complicated, and punitive towards those who save.

'Looking ahead' assesses the existing system and the main options for reform against the principles of equity, efficiency, and sustainability.

It argues that a partnership arrangement offers the best solution - whereby the state provides a certain level of care and encourages individuals to make contributions above that level. It offers two ways in which this could be implemented: a revenue neutral option which would substantially improve the current system without increasing government expenditure, and a more comprehensive, but costly alternative.

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Care and Health: Looking Ahead