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Massive cavities, mouthfuls of broken teeth, bleeding gums and abscesses β€” 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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[–] mfenniak 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

However, the Federal government has limited options when it comes to influencing the provincial health care programs. They can offer money with strings attached, and that's about it. Given the hostile atmosphere from some provinces... they may not have been able to offer dental care by working through this traditional means.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

However, the Federal government has limited options when it comes to influencing the provincial health care programs.

Exactly. Half of the provinces (the ones with conservative governments, to the surprise of nobody) were fighting against the feds doing any sort of dental care program.

I'm plesantly surprised they were able to get even this weak program operational.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

That's fair.

It's funny, conservatives seem to be able to make Canada shittier no matter what. We try to get dental care in the provinces but they'll stop it's implementation. So now we have to pay extra to get the private sector to fund it, and they win again since we just privatised some of our healthcare.