In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. Who do you think should pay for this care, the government or the family? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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The developed countries are known for their social security facilities that are provided to their residents. Most important facilities include medical
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, unemployment benefits and elderly
care
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. In Britain, all most all of the expenses
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these facilities are paid by the
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. More elegant examples
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elderly
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can be seen in Scandinavian and Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. In the recent times due to growing population, increasing medical and elderly
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expenses and inflation, British
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authorities are debating on whether the
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should continue or withdraw its contribution to
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elderly
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related programmes. In the following, I would like to put forward my views on
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point. Every elderly British citizen after reaching a retirement shall be taken
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by the
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because those senior people have contributed their share by paying taxes during their
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retired elderly people's family shall not be made responsible for the eventual elderly-
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related expenses, for not every family might have the financial capability to contribute.
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of collecting charges from the family, the
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shall device contribution schemes called "Elderly
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Plan" (ECP) similar to pension schemes that accept contributions during the employed period. Post the employment period,
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ECP shall have the option of accepting contributions from the family members of the aged.
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, the employers with whom the elderly were employed with shall
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contribute to
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ECP on a percentage basis. In
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way, the expenses shall be primarily born by
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the British government
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goverment
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
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shall device endowment plans, which shall not be mandatory but only optional.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Aging population
  • Elderly care
  • Nursing homes
  • Social welfare
  • Intergenerational responsibility
  • Caregiving
  • Financial burden
  • Quality of life
  • Pension funds
  • Healthcare policy
  • Taxation
  • Subsidies
  • Private insurance
  • Long-term care
  • Sustainability
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