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Why dentists are not signing up for the Canadian Dental Care Plan
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
It is time organized dentistry take their professional responsibility seriously, and stop swaying dentists away from the CDCP… There is a long history of organized dentistry opposing public dental care—much like how physicians opposed universal healthcare when it was first rolled out. Since organized dentistry has a history of opposing public delivery of dental care, they are more likely to negotiate in good faith out of concern of this public delivery model being scaled up if private dentists do not sign up for the program.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, poverty, privatization
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Canadians should be able to access dental care with a health card instead of a credit card
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Dental care is not luxury. Oral health is a critical part of overall health. Dentists and emergency physicians see the consequences of poor oral health on a daily basis… Providing dental care improves diabetic control, reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia in long-term care homes, improves completion of treatment for substance use disorder and increases drug abstinence. It has even been shown to increase employability
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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It is time to implement a universal dental plan
Monday, January 7th, 2019
A universal dental plan would require more government spending, but it would eliminate the out-of-pocket spending and monthly payments to the private health insurance companies for basic dental care. Targeted programs are more susceptible to cuts in funding since there are less likely to be repercussions in the form of public outrage as the cuts would only affect a relatively small, marginalized group.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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