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Pat Garcia

The elephant in the aged care room is housing wealth

The sheer magnitude of the challenge means we need a better system for getting those who can afford to pay for their care to dip into their own pockets.

Aged care is an issue nearly everyone agrees is important and nearly everyone seeks to avoid.

This rule applies doubly if you’re a parliamentarian. The political logic has long held that aged care is one of those issues where you have infinite ways to lose and few to win.

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Pat Garcia is chief executive of Catholic Health Australia.

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