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Originally Posted by bizaro86
My point was only that students in res are a great comparable to seniors in LTC. They can't afford the market rate for services they need, so they take what the gov't offers, which is basic level food.
If the private cost is so much more than the public cost, wouldn't that imply that the subsidy is already extremely significant?
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No they are not comparable. Students are in the prime of their life, healthy as horses, live a very enjoyable and entertaining lifestyle, and can exist on crappy food and 3 hours of sleep a night.
The elderly are none of these.... apples and oranges my friend.