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Care for children and older people has recently hit the headlines. Government announcements on funding reforms have put care fir
Care for children and older people has recently hit the headlines. Government announcements on funding reforms have put care fir
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2022-09-23
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问题
Care for children and older people has recently hit the headlines. Government announcements on funding reforms have put care firmly on the agenda for the next election.
But what do the announcements tell us about government priorities and the way childcare and eldercare are viewed and treated?
There are some striking parallels. Despite the austerity (紧缩) cuts, improving care has been prioritized (优先考虑) as an issue that affects most families in Britain. But with spending tight, funding reforms have been delayed until after the next election—until autumn 2015 for childcare and 2016 for care for older people.
Before then, pressures will continue to grow on care services and shrinking local authority budgets. Demand for childcare is being fuelled by the new baby boom, while the original baby boomers will demand better care for our ageing population.
The delay in implementation has also been accompanied by a sense of anticlimax (突降;虎头蛇尾) and missed opportunities for both childcare and eldercare, with some fundamental issues remaining. So whichever party forms the next government in 2015 will have a lot to sort out.
First, both sets of proposals add more layers of complexity to systems that are already confusing for families. The government should be looking to simplify funding streams, not complicate them.
In childcare for example, three funding streams—tax breaks, universal credit and free places—are all being separately developed with complex eligibility (资格) standard rather than integrated. For eldercare, there will be two caps and a confusing means test, together with new rules about eligibility and qualifying care.
Secondly, both sets of proposals contain extra support for those on lower incomes and with fewer assets. But the main winners in both cases will be wealthier families. The bulk of funding for the childcare tax breaks will go to families with higher incomes, who can afford to spend at least £6000 a year on childcare for each of their children. And the older people and their families who will gain most from the cap on care costs will be those with the greatest assets, who will see their inheritances relatively well-protected.
Thirdly, with growing demand for care there should be more emphasis on prevention and early intervention. The cap on care costs focuses instead on crisis care, particularly for older people in care homes. This won’t help integration with health services in local communities.
Finally, both proposals raise big questions about the future role of local authorities in supporting families who need care.
Despite this recent attention, care for both children and older people remains undervalued and underfunded. An analysis of reviews of care to be published shortly shows that families rate childcare better than eldercare. This may reflect a range of cultural and historical funding issues, but it also shows how society values children compared to older people.
What is true is that childcare and eldercare are now key issues in the run-up to the 2015 general election. We wait to see what alternatives the opposition proposes.
It can be inferred from the passage that________.
选项
A、childcare and eldercare will become important issues in the following election
B、people have different opinions on the care for children and older people
C、the government decides to reform childcare and eldercare soon
D、childcare and eldercare were not the government’s priorities in the past
答案
A
解析
由题干关键词the passage和各选项语义定位至第一段。推理判断题。本文第一段表明儿童医疗保障和老年人医疗保障成为报刊的头条。政府发布的关于医疗保障拨款改革的声明坚定地将其列为下一届选举的重要议题,因此只有A“儿童医疗保障和老年人医疗保障将成为下一届选举的重要议题”符合文章意思,故A为正确答案。
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