@[email protected] to Aotearoa / New [email protected]English • 1 year 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 • 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@grasshopperlink19•1 year 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•1 year 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•1 year 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.
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.