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Originally Posted by Damien
It's also a bit of a lottery. We don't know how long each of us will live or what conditions we may get when we're older and some of us will get to protect our assets as we remain in good health and others less so. I would prefer we all contribute via a rise in national insurance to pay for social care. It's how we handle other healthcare after all, we all pay but some need it more than others.
Still this is better than nothing and since the Tories will actually be the government it's at least a start in addressing the issue. The Tories know they'll win so it's good they get to be a bit more realistic but at the same time they apparently have barely costed their manifesto. There is a touch of arrogance there as well (they've also banned Sky News from the campaign for some reason).
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This issue had to be addressed and for Corbyn to claim Labour will take care of it as though it's an NHS issue is disingenuous as they have no such proposals in their manifesto.
I believe in the NHS and feel that care for dementia patients etc. should be treated no differently from care for those with say diabetes or HIV for example. The cost should come out of general taxation and whilst that's not 100% fair, it's as fair as it gets.