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Is dental care in Canada as expensive as in the US?
Dental and eyecare are largely private here in Canada, so yes. It will bleed your wallet dry unless you have insurance, work benefits, etc.
Teeth are considered luxury bones.
We JUST got the beginnings of universal dental care access. It's like the first days of Obamacare, even with our own hypocrite conservatives blocking it left and right.
It is expanding and will be fleshed out if we don't elect Milhouse, but right now perfection is the thief of joy because it's not yet perfect on day 1.
I guess I should also point out we do have a form of pharmacare for prescriptions if you don't have insurance or are below a certain income threshold.
But those programs are mostly provincial, not federal.
It's important to be angry at the correct politicians, when a program isn't living up to the expectations.
Very true and worth pointing out.
I don't have numbers to compare, but it, eyes, and prescriptions, are a glaring gap in our public healthcare, and I'm not sure people from elsewhere realize.
We don’t. The going legend in the US is that all things healthcare related are socialized and cheap in Canada. Well, except for the Trumpiers. I can’t speak to what they think, or if they think.
Our liberal federal government has begun to include dental coverage under our healthcare. They started with elderly and those under 18 (I believe), but have expanded it recently.
It should eventually be "free" for everyone, just like our healthcare is (paid through taxes).
I'd like to point out this is only because NDP (New Democratic Party, further left than our Liberals) got enough seats.
“Our Federal Liberal government was forced to introduce…”
Now if only we could force that federal liberal government to tax the rich and expand pharmacare, dental care, and cover mental health care.
It's better when they work together for the greater good then, eh?
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/dental/dental-care-plan/qualify.html#wb-cont Federal Dental plan details ^
Wow. That's a much more inclusive plan compared to when they first introduced it!
It's a racket. Fine if you have insurance, but it's a luxury many people cannot afford and as many of us know, if you leave teeth too long it masks other issues and then you end up in emerge and cost the state more money than if you got a cleaning every 6-9 months.