OTTAWA — Residents’ Providers Minister Terry Beech says 1,200 seniors have already visited a dentist and had their claims processed by the federal authorities’s new dental care plan.
He says 1 million seniors obtained their advantages card and are eligible to make claims below this system as of in the present day.
The primary affected person was seen at 7 a.m. in Newfoundland and Labrador.
This system was conceived as a part of a co-operative political pact between the Liberals and the New Democrats.
As soon as it’s totally rolled out, this system ought to be out there to anybody with out personal insurance coverage with a household earnings below $90,000.
The federal government began enrolling seniors late final 12 months, and youngsters below the age of 18 and individuals who obtain the disabilities tax credit score, can be eligible to enrol subsequent month.
Well being Canada says 6,500 oral well being suppliers, together with dentists, hygienists and denturists, have signed as much as present care to sufferers enrolled within the federal dental plan.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Could 1, 2024.
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