Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May
Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May
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.
Dammit Canada, covering all the mineralized tissue in the body. What's next, eye care?
That is amazing ... and that is what happens when you have the NDP in politics
The NDP are the reason we have National Healthcare. It's no surprise they're behind National Dental Care as well.
Very happy it passed but 90k limit on household income seems rather low. I guess this is a much broader discussion but shouldnt it be based on average household income rather than cumulative since that scales with number of people where as a hard 90k number doesnt.
It might feel a little low (especially if you live in Vancouver/Toronto) but it covers some 9 million of us.
I imagine they'll keep revisiting the number or index it to inflation. But really, these programs are designed to help the most needy and at 90k it is already one of our largest social programs.
Yeah, it's truly fantastic that they're aggressively rolling this out to whom it's most needed, first.
The 90k limit also helps keep the conservatives off their back vs 150k or everyone.
It'll give the program some time to show it actually saves money long term and then they can slowly expand it further with better data to back it up
A not insignificant number of people earning more than $90k have at least some dental benefits through their employers. Covering the most needy first is the best way to implement this program.
Vote NDP :)
starting with qualifying seniors over the age of 87
Eligibility will gradually expand over the course of the year to include all qualifying seniors over the age of 65 by May 2024, then children under the age of 18 and people with disabilities by June.
Wow, talk about a big "fuck you" to the taxpayers funding this insurance.
What about working folks who can't afford dental care?
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.
Why is starting out with seniors a "fuck you" to taxpayers? Would you rather seniors wait longer just so we can all get covered at once?
No, don't get me wrong. Absolutely start with seniors, young kids, and the disabled.
But don't forget the rest of us! We're the backbone of society funding these programs and helping the economy to hum along. Not including taxpayers between 18 and 65 is a massive slap in the face. Discrimination by definition.
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.
Wow, I never thought this would actually pass. I was 100% expecting some bureaucratic fuckery to prevent it.
Good job, NDP
Maybe some of us will vote for them in the next election
They'll get more votes but people are still going to vote strategically because what choice do they have.