17-04-2024 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca

Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa’s new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate.
Dental and hygienists associations say their members have been slow to sign up to provide care under the new federal program, even though 1.7 million low- and middle-income seniors have already enrolled. 
They cite concerns about how much the government plans to reimburse them for services and the adm
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