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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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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

It's...a start.

Dental care needs to be free and universal. Need a filling? No charge. Make $370M a year and need a filling? Still no charge.

Dental care, pharmacare, and eye care (at least!) are health care, period - and have to be available to all citizens who need them. Full stop.

Any and every system that charges the consumer for basic health care is predatory and discriminatory; and needs to be destroyed. Not just dismantled, but destroyed.

Health care is a basic human right.