FOI 26-3247 – Modelling or analysis of the impact of co-payment arrangements under aged care reforms

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The release (FOI 26-3247) contains modelling tables for the proposed aged care co-payment arrangements under the reforms, with no clinical, PBS or TGA content. Document 1 sets out means-test thresholds and co-payment percentages (80%, 50%, 25%, 17.5%, 5% and 0%) for six household scenarios: single and couple homeowners and non-homeowners, couples separated by illness, and "NWOP" (non-working or other pensioner) variants, with income and asset bands. Document 2 covers fee and pension calculations, including clinical care, independence and everyday living components, base and energy supplements, Commonwealth Seniors Health Card cut-offs, and proposed means-test parameters such as base contribution rates and taper rates. Later passages include fortnightly income tables, accommodation payment scenarios by financial assets and agreed accommodation price, and an email with the subject "RAC vs DAC: which would you choose". The text is heavily garbled in places, so figures should be checked against the original pages.