New SATURDAY issue: Counting the costs we refuse to model
Who pays when we fly by feel on beds, complexity and co-payments – and what would real foresight look like?
The Government says aged care is “fixed” – yet we’re adding beds at a tenth of the rate, quietly rationing complex residents, and rolling out new co-payments without asking who will stop showering first.
In this week’s SATURDAY cover story, Cameron McPherson goes inside the Senate Estimates evidence Canberra won’t model: 802 beds in a 10,600-bed world, hospitals jammed with older people who can’t be discharged, and pensioners weighing dinner against personal care.
Who pays when we fly by feel on beds, complexity and co-payments – and what would real foresight look like?
Find out in the latest issue of SATURDAY`, our premium digital magazine, out now. Subscribe here.
