Letters have started to arrive in the mailboxes of Canadian seniors inviting them to sign up for free dental care, but those who provide the services say they’re concerned whether the program will be administratively and financially viable for them to take part.
By 2025, Canada’s national plan will provide dental care to all low- and middle-income Canadians, a program dentists and public health-care experts have advocated decades for.
Nicolucci points to existing public dental care plans run by provinces for low-income children and seniors.
“We want to make sure that there’s a reduced administrative burden, that there’s not a heavy reliance on predetermination or pre-authorization,” said Ondina Love, CEO of the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association.
“The introduction of any plan of this nature will invariably run into some challenges,” said Dr. Carlos Quiñonez, a dental public health specialist at Western University in London, Ont.
John Kelso, 87, one of Vaillant’s patients, said he’s grateful to see seniors and other vulnerable Canadians receive free dental care.
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Letters have started to arrive in the mailboxes of Canadian seniors inviting them to sign up for free dental care, but those who provide the services say they’re concerned whether the program will be administratively and financially viable for them to take part.
By 2025, Canada’s national plan will provide dental care to all low- and middle-income Canadians, a program dentists and public health-care experts have advocated decades for.
Nicolucci points to existing public dental care plans run by provinces for low-income children and seniors.
“We want to make sure that there’s a reduced administrative burden, that there’s not a heavy reliance on predetermination or pre-authorization,” said Ondina Love, CEO of the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association.
“The introduction of any plan of this nature will invariably run into some challenges,” said Dr. Carlos Quiñonez, a dental public health specialist at Western University in London, Ont.
John Kelso, 87, one of Vaillant’s patients, said he’s grateful to see seniors and other vulnerable Canadians receive free dental care.
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