Growing calls to put teeth into health-care coverage

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Canadians often laud our health-care system, yet its failure to include dental care is cause for misery for those with no dental insurance.

 

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3 YES! Would be good for the entire healthcare industry to have dental included - And of course good for Canadians!

Regular dental checkups prevent serious and expensive diseases such as cancer, thyroid problems, lymph node problems, gastrointestinal diseases and more; all diseases prevalent in lower income families.

Isn’t part of the issue that dentists want to continue to set their own fees, rather than the government determining what they’re paid?

Every government worker has it. It's only fair

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