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Ian Atkinson is long term care expert and IFA at Retirement Solutions UK I must say I am deeply shocked by the NHFA scandal. It's hard to believe that mis-selling on this scale could happen in this regulated environment. On the flip side, it has meant that there has been an unprecedented amount of media coverage highlighting immediate needs care plans, and with just 5% of people who self-fund their care aware that these products exist. This has not only helped educate consumers on all their long term care options, but will also surely stop anything like this ever happening again. ...
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