Taxpayers could be out of pocket hundreds of millions of dollars if the government’s exclusion of over-65s from the NDIS is found to be unlawful.
More than 800 Australians over 65 have joined a class action challenging their exclusion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with proceedings against the federal government to be launched within three months.
Another plaintiff, 72-year-old Warren Fahey, has been an above-the-knee leg amputee since age 29, when he was involved in a serious traffic accident. Mitry Lawyers estimates the average annual loss for people who cannot access the NDIS is in the tens of thousands of dollars. The average NDIS participant gets $111,000 per year while the means-tested aged care scheme is limited to $56,000.
The forecasts reflect strong growth in the number of people using the scheme and the average payments made to participants, which outstrip projections made by the Productivity Commission.
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