Greens Dental Plan
At last - this is so badly need by low income older people. If only the other parties cared about health and teeth of older Aussies.
The Australian Greens have announced a $4.3 billion universal dental care plan.
The Denticare scheme aims to improve general health by reducing dental waiting lists and providing access to basic care for low income earners.
Greens Senator Christine Milne says poor oral health is costing the health system millions of dollars per year. "At the moment, people can't afford to get their teeth fixed and so they leave them and they they get infections and end up in the emergency department of hospitals and often end up actually hospitalised," she said.
"Something like 30,000 people in Australia a year are hospitalised because of the failure to be able to look after their teeth."
This is an excellent initiative of the Greens. They've got my vote.
Sounds good.................