poppet2 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I thought this was a forgone conclusion, hasn't it been happening for some years now? Unless people take out private health insurance against this sort of thing, how else are home owners to fund their elderly care? http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/556444/David-Blunkett-pensioners-inheritance-tax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I thought this was a forgone conclusion, hasn't it been happening for some years now? Unless people take out private health insurance against this sort of thing, how else are home owners to fund their elderly care? http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/556444/David-Blunkett-pensioners-inheritance-tax The same way as non-home-owners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 The same way as non-home-owners? Your comment smacks of the politics of envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Your comment smacks of the politics of envy. Nope, not at all... what's wrong with my suggestion..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Night Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 What happened to Bevans promise of cradle to grave care as a reason for our contributionz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Nope, not at all... what's wrong with my suggestion..? The same reason your children wouldn't be able to get housing benefit if they lived with you. You made the decision to buy assets and the economy helped you by inflating house prices. You are therefore ok and can afford your health care, others can't. What's wrong with that, nobody forced you to buy property, especially if you got RTB council property, which belonged to the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 What happened to Bevans promise of cradle to grave care as a reason for our contributionz Because a care home isn't a hospital. It's a care home. It comes under the umbrella of social care and very much not the Nhs. And why shouldn't granny sell her home? She's not living in it, she gone into care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 What happened to Bevans promise of cradle to grave care as a reason for our contributionz As with all benefits, it is there for the have-nots. The have's can look after themselves. Isn't that the idea of means tested benefits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The same reason your children wouldn't be able to get housing benefit if they lived with you. You made the decision to buy assets and the economy helped you by inflating house prices. You are therefore ok and can afford your health care, others can't. What's wrong with that, nobody forced you to buy property, especially if you got RTB council property, which belonged to the state. Take the example of two blokes who work next to each other doing the same job,earning the same money..one goes out every night and spends his cash and rents a council house, one saves a deposit and gets a mortgage..when/if the time comes for a nursing home why should the person who has been prudent end up no better off? Where's the fairness? Where is the incentive to not be a spendthrift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Take the example of two blokes who work next to each other doing the same job,earning the same money..one goes out every night and spends his cash and rents a council house, one saves a deposit and gets a mortgage..when/if the time comes for a nursing home why should the person who has been prudent end up no better off? Where's the fairness? Where is the incentive to not be a spendthrift? Not all care homes are equal. The spendthrift will have access to far nicer digs than the one who urinated it up a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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