I have two minds on this
The decade I was too poor to see the dentist gave me a lot of anxiety. I didn’t have any real issues but any random pain was met with worries about cavities, and I had to get my wisdom teeth removed years after it would have been ideal. It’s great that poor people are finally being looked after.
On the other hand, I hate that I pay a high marginal tax rate and I don’t qualify for this. I can afford to see a dentist, I just wish this program was for everyone.
Same with pharmacare, I just want a full rollout for everyone as part of healthcare. My wife needs medicine that costs thousands a year and if she didn’t get benefits through work it would be over $10k out of pocket annually. Most families could not afford that.
We’re fortunate and I acknowledge that, I just want a simpler system with better coverage.
This is what happens when NDP policy is filtered through Liberal government, it would be nice if we could give them a direct chance.
I feel like the needs-testing should be removed as well, and everyone should be entitled to receive dental care just like everyone can with medical.
Insurers would just have to adjust their offerings, and employers can either elect to enhance employee insurance coverage or redirect the difference to employees paycheques.
Really, there’s nothing but benefits to having dental rolled into Medicare except for the current run of conservative premiers refusing to play ball with the federal government because the plan actually helps people.
Yeah, and programs with means-testing are a lot easier to kill politically.
Great, now let’s make it universal.
