Proposed levy for nursing homes

[billy the kid]

Someone correct me if Im wrong, but arent the majority of nursing homes in Australia
privately owned.
Why then is a levy being proposed....
Isnt this levy just another tax ...
Why should we pay a levy to prop up a privately owned business...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... port-finds
Nursing home giants such as Bupa and Opal Aged Care pay minimal tax in Australia....
People who enter a nursing home have to sell their homes to pay an accomodation bond, which is
fixed in accordance with the value of the home.
The accomodation bond is invested by the home and the home keep the
asset growth...(profit)
The nursing home residents then have to pay 85% of their pension for the ongoing care.
If the nursing homes in Australia are so bad, then surely the government needs to regulate
the entire sector in such a way to ensure more skilled and competent care.
This is an expense that should be born by the owners of each nursing home...
Not the taxpayer...
If Woolworths cant provide a service, are we to be burdened with a levy to prop
them up also....
After all...Woolworths is privately owned also....
Why should the taxpayer have to pay a levy if a driveway in a nursing home
or a roof at a nursing home needs repair...
OR indeed, if nursing home staff are poorly qualified and need training...
The Australian public are being conned once again by an incompetent government....
BUT whats new.......nothing changes.....

[Black Orchid]

A good start would be to stop employing unchecked and under-qualified foreign workers in aged care. They seem to make up the bulk of carers in NSW.

The levy will cost Aussies over $600 per year at 1% but they said on the news it could be up to 5.6%.

[billy the kid]

Any levy, whatever the percentage is totally wrong....
Add to this the possibility of employees having to get the jab because the boss says so, and
this nation is about to get well and truly screwed...
5% for a special levy to prop up private businesses....
Surely this is just a thought bubble from the grubberment....
Im glad Im retired.....

[Neferti]

Most families sell the family house to pay refundable accommodation deposits, or bonds as they were once called, ranging from about $300,000 to over $1 million or more in capital cities like Melbourne and Sydney.

The final report proposes phasing out those deposits in favour of a Medicare-style levy of around 1 per cent (as proposed by commissioner Lynelle Briggs) or another amount determined by the Productivity Commission (as suggested by commissioner Tony Pagone).

That would be a massive policy change for Australia. The Prime Minister used the example of his unsuccessful attempts to increase the Medicare levy to support the NDIS as a reason "for being a little wary at this point" about such a levy.

It will be interesting to see how Labor will also respond to the proposed aged care levy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-03/ ... e/13209060

[billy the kid]

Most families sell the family house to pay refundable accommodation deposits, or bonds as they were once called, ranging from about $300,000 to over $1 million or more in capital cities like Melbourne and Sydney.

The final report proposes phasing out those deposits in favour of a Medicare-style levy of around 1 per cent (as proposed by commissioner Lynelle Briggs) or another amount determined by the Productivity Commission (as suggested by commissioner Tony Pagone).

That would be a massive policy change for Australia. The Prime Minister used the example of his unsuccessful attempts to increase the Medicare levy to support the NDIS as a reason "for being a little wary at this point" about such a levy.

It will be interesting to see how Labor will also respond to the proposed aged care levy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-03/ ... e/13209060

The system at the moment is an abortion and always will be....

[Bobby]

My bet is that no matter how much money you throw at aged care
it will just be siphoned off by the owners of the businesses
and little will end up improving anything.

They are in business to make money not to help people.
I think many spend about $5 per day on food for each resident.
That's why many residents get baked beans on toast for Xmas dinner.

At the same time they charge a fortune.
Someone I know is paying $1,250 per week
which is $5,000 per month.