@[email protected] to Aotearoa / New [email protected]English • 2 years agoGreens promise free dental for all, paid for by 'fair and simple' tax changeswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkGreens promise free dental for all, paid for by 'fair and simple' tax changeswww.rnz.co.nz@[email protected] to Aotearoa / New [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareDavid PalmerlinkfedilinkEnglish26•2 years agoSuch a great policy for so many reasons. Equitable access to dental care for everyone leads to significantly improved health outcomes overall.
minus-square@grasshopperlink19•2 years agoAgreed, and from the article, 3/4 of voters agree too! There’s no reason why teeth should be treated so differently to the rest of healthcare.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoThe dental industry doesn’t want a single-payer at all. That’s the problem, all the experts in the field are operating in their own interests. Unfortunately ~49% of the population still think that “user-pays” is fair.
minus-square@Chickenstalkerlink-1•2 years agoIt’s because historically, dentists were their own thing separate from surgery and also physicians for hundreds of years. You see this even today. Many universities have Dentistry as a separate Faculty from Medicine.
Such a great policy for so many reasons. Equitable access to dental care for everyone leads to significantly improved health outcomes overall.
Agreed, and from the article, 3/4 of voters agree too! There’s no reason why teeth should be treated so differently to the rest of healthcare.
The dental industry doesn’t want a single-payer at all. That’s the problem, all the experts in the field are operating in their own interests.
Unfortunately ~49% of the population still think that “user-pays” is fair.
It’s because historically, dentists were their own thing separate from surgery and also physicians for hundreds of years. You see this even today. Many universities have Dentistry as a separate Faculty from Medicine.