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The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually over 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal announcement scheduled for Monday morning.

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[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta start somewhere. Once the program exists, expanding it is much easier. Look at Obamacare. They fought tooth and nail against it, but once it’s in the Republicans tried as hard as they could to repeal it and it just never worked.

It’s hard to take away entitlements once they exist, so the only future is really expanding it. Vision, dental and drug coverage are all on that path, it’s just a matter of time.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s hard to take away entitlements once they exist, so the only future is really expanding it.

As an Ontarian lol. We used to have provincial eye care coverage. That's been gone for decades now. Government can and will strip services as they see fit just need assholes in charge.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I didn’t say impossible, just difficult. I still say expanding it is better than not, even if it’s not perfect.