Former prime minister David Cameron tells Sky News the chancellor should look at alternatives to funding social care costs
The former prime minister says there is a precedent because"many, many years ago" government protected businesses against the"catastrophic costs of terrorism".Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerThe government should consider providing people with insurance in case they need to pay large fees for social care, David Cameron has said.
But because private companies have not provided policies, Mr Cameron said the"conclusion I would come to is that government needs to form some sort of partnership with insurance or perhaps even provide the insurance itself". He also said lessons could be learned from the COVID vaccine taskforce - and that a dementia diagnosis should not be considered an inevitable part of ageing.
"It could be the way you sleep or the way you walk or the way you talk or the way you use your mobile phone," he explained.
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