Labor opens door to more aged care self-funding as minister declares ‘baby boomers are coming’

Anika Wells sets up taskforce to solve ‘unanswered question’ of royal commission about how to pay for higher standards of care

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The Albanese government has opened the door to expanding self-funding options for aged care residents, setting up a taskforce to settle the question of how to pay for higher standards of care.

The aged care minister, Anika Wells, will announce on Wednesday that the taskforce will seek to solve the “unanswered question” of the aged care royal commission about how to make the system “equitable and sustainable into the future”.

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