Political ?
Yes BUT ... this is probably what many will be facing unless there is major upset on the 6 June.
Andrew Dilnot , a major player in social care policy ... today's Guardian :
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rew-dilnot
A snippet :
Worth reading in full ..... another example of the free market economy.
Yes BUT ... this is probably what many will be facing unless there is major upset on the 6 June.
Andrew Dilnot , a major player in social care policy ... today's Guardian :
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rew-dilnot
Tory social care plans will leave people helpless, says former adviser
A snippet :
Dilnot, a former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said that by refusing to implement a cap, the Conservatives would be leaving people without any protection against care costs.
“So people will be left helpless, knowing that what will happen is that if they are unlucky enough to suffer the need for care costs they will be entirely on their own until they are down to the last £100,000 of all of their wealth including their house,” he said.
“I do feel very disappointed for all of us, the millions of people who are very, very anxious about this, and I’m a bit surprised, because what social care is is a classic example of a market failure where the private sector cannot do what’s needed.”
Dilnot said the idea ran counter to Theresa May’s promise that the state would step in when markets were broken. “This was an absolute open goal for that kind of approach and it seems to have been missed,” he said, adding that the plans would help some people but leave the majority of those being cared for in their own homes worse off.
He said: “The changes just fail to tackle the central problem that scares most people. You are not tackling the big issue that people can’t pool their risks. There is nothing that anybody can do to pool their risk with the rest of the population, you just have to hope that you are not unlucky.
Worth reading in full ..... another example of the free market economy.