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Tories pledge help for care home costs - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"Elderly people will be spared the ordeal of selling their homes to pay for residential care in their final years, under new plans unveiled by the Conservatives. "
Elderly could be forced out of their homes under Tory policies, experts warn - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"The elderly could be forced into residential care as an unintended consequence of a new Conservative policy, experts have warned. "
Watchdog steps in over holiday op row - Manchester Evening News 26th September 2009
INSURANCE watchdogs are to intervene after a company refused to pay the £18,000 medical bill of a great-grandmother lying unconscious in a Turkish hospital.
Jean Edwards, 73, from Middleton, near Rochdale, bought a travel policy online before jetting off on holiday and ticked a box to declare existing health complaints.
My great escape: Garrison Keillor - The Independent 21st September 2009
A stroke forced author Garrison Keillor to face up to mortality – and gave him a sobering insight into the stark realities of America's healthcare debate
More healthcare for all - The Guardian 4th September 2009
Critics of Obama's reforms have got it wrong: a government-run insurance option means more healthcare, not less
Conservative MPs support tax relief on private health insurance, poll shows - The Sunday Telegraph 23rd August 2009
The row over the Tories' support for the NHS has been reignited after a poll found that two thirds of the party's MP's backed tax relief on private health insurance.
America’s lesson for the NHS - The Sunday Times 23rd August 2009
We in Britain think US healthcare favours those who can pay for it, but that’s a serious misdiagnosis of a smart system
Dying for affordable healthcare — the uninsured speak - The Guardian 21st August 2009
In a week of claim and counter-claim about the merits of healthcare provision in the US and UK, Ed Pilkington travelled to Quindaro, Kansas, to see how the poorest survive
Freelance midwives to work uninsured as health officials put off clampdown - The Independent 16th August 2009
Lawyers and patient groups attack 'near criminal' move they say puts nurses' needs above safety of mothers and babies
Government plans crackdown on 'health tourism' - The Guardian 20th July 2009
Non-EU visitors could be forced to take out health insurance to reduce levels of NHS cheating
Social care reform: 'Tom is vulnerable and needs full support' - The Guardian 15th July 2009
Sue cares full-time for her father, who has Alzheimer's and many medical problems. She explains how difficult it has been to get support
When cash trumps care - The Guardian 15th July 2009
The government's unfair proposals for old-age care will ensure even more of Britain's poorest suffer in appalling conditions
Elderly face £20,000 bill in plan to defuse population timebomb - The Guardian 14th July 2009
Radical changes to the way care for elderly people is funded were outlined yesterday in a green paper that confronts the soaring costs of looking after an increasingly old and frail population.
Elderly people could be compelled to pay up to £20,000 to insure themselves against the cost of being cared for at the end of their lives. The proposals are designed to replace a system that the government describes as unjust with one that is "fair, simple and affordable for everyone".
Care: New ideas for old problems - The Guardian 15th July 2009
Old age is awash with euphemism: on Monday the government launched its "building a society for all ages" strategy, complete with a "good place to grow old programme", an "active at 60 package" and a "grandparents summit". All this was bundled up with a welcome decision to accelerate the end of fixed retirement dates, and so move away from the existing legal discrimination which allows employers to shunt out competent workers on the grounds of age.
Andy Burnham: I want to end cruel lottery of care for elderly - The Guardian 14th July 2009
Health secretary says he wants to create a fair and universal system involving a national care insurance scheme
Paying for long-term care - The Guardian 14th July 2009
How expensive is a care home and what can I do to protect my savings being swallowed up in fees?
Tax to end 'cruel lottery' of elderly care - The Independent 15th July 2009
Government unveils plan that would see pensioners pay lump sum of £20,000 to cover cost of looking after them in old age
By Andrew Grice, Political Editor
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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An elderly woman in a care home. The Government may introduce a 'national care service'
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An elderly woman in a care home. The Government may introduce a 'national care service'
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Elderly people in England could be forced to pay up to £20,000 to guarantee a basic level of social care under long-awaited proposals published by the Government yesterday.
Michelle Mitchell: It's time for action – we must make care better - The Independent 15th July 2009
The care system is broken and it is right to have a public debate about how it can be fixed. The Green Paper signals a welcome willingness to confront some of the hard questions. All political parties and the public must now look beyond the short-term squeeze on our national finances to agree a fairer way to pay for care. High-quality care must be available to all who need it regardless of where they live and whether they are rich or poor.
Leading article: Social care needs to be fairly and efficiently reformed - The Independent 15th July 2009
We need to get this right for the sake of both the elderly and taxpayers
It is painfully apparent that the present system for allocating social care to the infirm elderly is confusing, overly complicated and riddled with unfairness. Under the present means-tested system in England and Wales even those with relatively modest savings find themselves forced to pay for the full cost of care. And those who do receive public support are also treated badly. Since many local councils have inadequate capacity to offer home help there has been a pernicious tendency to force the elderly into nursing homes, despite the fact that many would be happier and healthier receiving care in their existing abodes.
Elderly could have to pay £20,000 for care - The Times 15th July 2009
People in England could be required to pay up to £20,000 after retirement to cover their long-term care under reforms that will ensure that everyone receives government financial help.
Publishing the long-awaited Green Paper on social care , Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, said that radical reform was needed to end the “cruel lottery” of the present system, under which many have to sell their homes and use their savings to pay for long-term care.
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