I’m a little frustrated wealthy boomers get this before poor and young people.
If you’re taking out nearly $90k from your RRSP and you presumably have your house paid off, you can afford to go to the dentist on your own until the plan rolls out to everyone.
I hear you, and in an ideal world, you’d be right. But in a world where boomers have a shitload of political sway, this is the smart play to keep the dental plan alive long-term.
I’ll tell my mom she has political sway. She’s gonna laugh and laugh and laugh.
She’s gonna laugh and laugh and laugh.
As an individual? She’s right to. As a voting block? Boomers are the target (thankfully that will shift to Millennials within the next decade or so – type ‘F’ in chat, once again, for GenX)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The federal government has posted updated information online on who is eligible for Canada’s national dental care plan.
They’re ineligible even if they decided to opt out of their private insurance, haven’t made a claim, or have to pay a premium, the website says.
Ottawa has now added an exception for retirees who decided not to sign up for private dental insurance offered through their pension plans.
Health Minister Mark Holland said his department looked at situations where retirees had chosen to opt out of their pension dental plans before the national program was announced.
More than 1 million Canadians have signed up for the plan, Citizen’s Services Minister Terry Beech said during question period last week.
In order to qualify, applicants must have no access to private dental insurance and family incomes of less than $90,000 a year.
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