A high-level taskforce charged with finding a long-term solution to aged care funding is leaning toward greater means testing and increased reliance on user pays, rather than the introduction of a tax or levy.
The taskforce, which met in Adelaide on Tuesday, is looking at all options and has not discounted a levy as proposed by the Aged Care Royal Commission in 2021.
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