{"id":147,"date":"2012-07-19T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssc.squareeye.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"2012-07-19T00:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T00:01:20","slug":"caps-opt-ins-opt-outs-is-england-making-progress-in-reform-of-care-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/caps-opt-ins-opt-outs-is-england-making-progress-in-reform-of-care-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps, Opt-ins, Opt-outs: Is England making progress in reform of care funding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Analysis of the Coalition Government\u2019s July 2012 \u2018progress report\u2019 on care funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This discussion paper provides a response to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp.dh.gov.uk\/health\/files\/2012\/07\/2900021-Progress-Report-FINAL-ACCESSIBLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caring for our future: progress report on funding reform<\/a>\u201d, which was published by the government in July 2012, and set out the government&#8217;s response to the recommendations of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dilnotcommission.dh.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commission on Funding of Care and Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The paper explores various questions, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the government right to blame the structural deficit for putting off reform?<\/li>\n<li>What does the universal deferred payment scheme mean in practice?<\/li>\n<li>Could the government implement a &#8216;low-cost&#8217; version of the &#8216;capped cost&#8217; model?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The response paper argues that the government&#8217;s &#8216;progress report&#8217; effectively acknowledges that care funding reform could proceed on a cost-neutral basis for the Treasury, and not interfere with the government&#8217;s deficit reduction strategy. However, the government fails to set out any of the options for paying for care funding reform that have been identified by commentators and &#8211; frustratingly &#8211; does not seek to use its &#8216;progress report&#8217; to inform a wider debate on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>The paper suggests that progress toward care funding reform may now occur in several ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public acceptance of the difficult tax and spending decisions required to make the \u2018capped cost\u2019 model cost-neutral for the Treasury;<\/li>\n<li>The implementation of a low-cost \u2018capped cost\u2019 model, or t<\/li>\n<li>The creation of a voluntary \u2018capped cost\u2019 state-sponsored insurance scheme that becomes mandatory over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Author: James Lloyd, Strategic Society Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the report:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Caps-Opt-ins-Opt-outs.pdf\">Caps Opt-ins Opt-outs: Is England 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