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Health minister must sell oral health providers on dental care plan before coverage begins

Health Minister Mark Holland is on tour to sell Canadian dentists and hygienists on the new federal dental care plan…

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Health

Health Canada clarifies eligibility for seniors under national dental care plan

The federal government has posted updated information online on who is eligible for Canada’s national dental care plan. The additional details come after…

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Health

Seniors unclear on whether they can drop their private dental insurance for national plan

Eligible seniors are now receiving letters inviting them to sign up for Canada’s $13 billion national dental care plan —…

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Canada

Court challenge delays sentencing of oral surgeon who let prison guard do dental work on inmate

Dr. Louis Bourget appears in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in Gander on Friday. (Troy Turner/CBC) Sentencing submissions in the…

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Politics

Planned rollout of dental care will miss deadline in Liberals’ deal with the NDP

The New Democrats and Liberals are at odds over the rollout of the new federal dental plan after the government…

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Politics

National dental care plan registration expands today to cover seniors 72 and older

Seniors aged 72 and older are eligible as of today to register for Canada’s national dental care plan, but dentists still can’t…

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Health

Federal dental care program will exclude 4.4M uninsured Canadians: report

Politics·New A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out…

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Canada

Dentists, hygienists unsure how national free dental care plan will work

Letters have started to arrive in the mailboxes of Canadian seniors inviting them to sign up for free dental care,…

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Politics

Provinces are reviewing their own dental care programs as Ottawa announces federal plan

When he announced the federal government’s $13-billion dental care insurance plan, Health Minister Mark Holland said the new program is…

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Health

Seniors spend thousands on dental work, suffer in pain or wind up in ERs. Will Canada’s plan help?

Debilitating toothaches. Tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket dental bills. Trips to the emergency room — and even stays…

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