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Elderly people face paying ?150,000 for residential care before they hit the cap on care costs in England, an analysis by Labour suggests.
The sum is more than double the ?72,000 figure the cap will be set at when it comes into force in 2016.
That is because extra costs, such as the fees for accommodation, do not count towards the cap.
Labour said the public was being conned, but ministers said they had been clear about what the cap covered.
The research also suggested that the majority of people - six out of seven - who end up in a home will die before they hit the cap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24923879
The sum is more than double the ?72,000 figure the cap will be set at when it comes into force in 2016.
That is because extra costs, such as the fees for accommodation, do not count towards the cap.
Labour said the public was being conned, but ministers said they had been clear about what the cap covered.
The research also suggested that the majority of people - six out of seven - who end up in a home will die before they hit the cap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24923879