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Filling the Cavities

26 Apr 2018

Making a “public have not received a great deal of attention in the option” in dental care more widely available would health policy debate, there is no doubt that, in the serve not only to reduce the extent of the gaps in current system, there are many population groups coverage, but could also enhance competition in in which individuals have had difficulty accessing the dental care sector and mo [...] Moreover, the number of Canadians unable Ensuring that all members of the community, to access dental care is likely to grow rapidly in the including the poor, have access to urgently needed next decade as the babyboom generation retires healthcare is a central objective of Canadian social and loses insurance coverage, and the number of policy. [...] Moreover, the differences of oral health problems among them, suggests that in utilization seem to be due mostly to differences supplying more of these services to low-income in income and insurance status, rather than to groups could yield high benefits in the form of differences in the need for care. [...] The effectiveness of prevention of dental problems Economic theory suggests that the price of a good through fluoridation is well established (e.g., or service that is privately produced depends on Murray 1993), but there is still controversy the technology that is available to produce it, regarding the effectiveness of prevention through and on the extent of competition in the market regular chec [...] Competition with private plans would give the public insurer an incentive to operate Option #3: Universal Dental Insurance with efficiently and innovate, and to contain the Public-private Competition influence of the provider groups that would supply its services.25 Under this model, universality of dental insurance The cost to the provincial governments of a coverage would be attained by creation
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ISBN
9781987983654
ISSN
17030765
Pages
30
Published in
Toronto, ON, CA

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