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Comment by Muromec

21 days ago

>Public healthcare that covers dental

laughts nerviously in Dutch

heh, I feel it, I'm in Canada where oral healthcare is deemed cosmetic. Giving us some 22minutes satire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsUp-DHMZ4 "do people really need to see & chew?"

That said, WHO does profiles of dental health, providing comparison:

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profil...

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profil...

& for my own interest, Canada: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profil...

  • Didn't the NDP and Liberals recently pass universal government payer dental coverage in Canada?

    It never made sense that dentistry somehow is considered a separate form of healthcare from the rest of your body.

    Especially considering researchers are increasingly finding links between oral health and other conditions such as Alzheimer's heart disease. And that preventative dental care is so much cheaper and less invasive than treating major decay when care is delayed.

Ah yeah with our yearly widening own risk insurance too. Great system… for health insurance companies