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Massive cavities, mouthfuls of broken teeth, bleeding gums and abscesses โ€” they're just some of the serious dental issues Dr. Melvin Lee has treated in less than two weeks of providing care under Canada's new public dental insurance plan.

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[โ€“] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it. The provincial governments already run massive "health insurance" programs in Canada, this would not have been an impossible task to add a small dental program that only covers a fraction of the population to that.

Private "health insurance" cannot be cheaper than public. You have expenses which are the cost of people going to the dentist. And you have revenues, which are paid for through taxes. The only math that changes is that private insurance also adds profit for shareholders on top.

This is purely about privatizing Canadian healthcare.

[โ€“] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Here in Alberta our premier refuses to co-operate with the feds. One benefit is that Marlaina Smith canโ€™t fuck with the program.

[โ€“] mfenniak@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm coming back to you from the future to tell you that she can. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

[โ€“] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Aww man. Whatโ€™s she doing now?