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In this context, that means testing and accountability.
They minimize means testing and they reduce poverty.
They would inevitably rake over all the snake-oil remedies offered by anti-NHS forces advocating charges for GPs and hospital visits, means testing and top-up insurance.
A Citizens Pension paid equally to men and women, with an end to demeaning means testing and £100 a month on pensions for the over 75's.
The government has recently established a flat-rate state pension (abolishing means testing and the earnings-related top-up pension plan), alongside the creation of Nest, the national occupational scheme designed for smaller employers.
The Howard government made Australia's finances dangerously unsustainable by winding back means testing and failing to introduce it in new programs like the private health insurance rebate, the baby bonus and first homeowner grants.
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Today, with longevity approaching 80s and the retirement age still at 65 for most Americans, simply to cap retiree and health spending at a constant percentage of GDP would require some combination of extending the age of eligibility, means testing and/or changes to the benefits formula.
So what's the difference between means-testing and just collecting a bit more taxes?
The common denominator here is means-testing and the marginal tax rates that go with it.
So we have ended up with the worst of all possible worlds: aggressive briefing about crackdowns, more means-testing and more people on benefit.
True, there was talk in the early years of progressive universalism – a rejection of Blairite means-testing and the choice agenda.
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