A territory-wide dental plan is slated to ring in the new year. In response to a Yukon Party question on the matter, Minister of Health and Social Services Tracy-Anne McPhee announced in the Yukon Legislative Assembly on Nov. 15 that the new dental plan will start Jan. 1, 2023. That’s when the program will begin … Read more
Most (79 per cent) plan sponsors said they have at least one major concern about their health benefits plan, with this increasing to 89 per cent for employers with 500 or more workers, according to the 2020 Sanofi Canada health-care survey. The top concerns include drug plan sustainability (42 per cent), dental plan sustainability (39 per cent), absence and … Read more
The province is adding their resources to the fight for better dental health in Durham. The Durham Region health department is set to get $1.6 million from the provincial government as part of the new senior dental care plan. The new plan was announced by the province in April, and is a dental program aiming … Read more
Angered over what they call a lack of enthusiasm from Quebec Health Minister Gaetan Barrette over a new collective agreement, Quebec’s dentists are threatening to withdraw from a public dental plan. The agreement between the provincial government and the Association of Dental Surgeons of Quebec expired on April 1, 2015. Association President Serge Langlois said … Read more
A Progressive Conservative government would invest $98 million per year to help low-income access dental care, party Leader Doug Ford said Saturday. “Many Ontarians have dental insurance, but two thirds of low-income seniors cannot afford it,” Ford told reporters in Toronto. “They end up in the ER due to unbearable dental pain. More suffering for … Read more