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dlk

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14. Routine dental exams and cleanings are not expensive

Reply to AKwannabe (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2024, 11:00 AM

Sep 2024

They can prevent many more costly dental procedures and provide early detect of other diseases, such as cancer. Not providing dental coverage ends up costing the healthcare system much more in the long run after acute situations are allowed to develop undetected, or untreated. We are being penny wise and pound foolish.

IVF is important too. With infertility issues so commonplace if we truly value families, they need help too. The underlying issue is massive price gouging by the pharmaceutical industry.

We have ample resources to care for each other. The issue is where do the funds go?

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There better be universal coverage for DENTAL [View all] AKwannabe Sep 2024 OP

I agree that teeth (and ears and eyes) should be covered. But I also paid out $25 thousand last year alone flying_wahini Sep 2024 #1

If I wanted to talk about IVF being only for the wealthy then I would have in the OP AKwannabe Sep 2024 #3

Dental will never happen. It's expensive and unlike medical, majority will go twice a year. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #10

+1 CrispyQ Sep 2024 #2

Dental issues have a cascading effect ... Alice B. Sep 2024 #4

I am staring down a similar situation AKwannabe Sep 2024 #5

This is a crisis, as far as I'm concerned. Alice B. Sep 2024 #9

Doubt we'll get any dental help, unfortunately. Biden had plan in 2021, but it was only $2000 annually and wouldn't have Silent Type Sep 2024 #6

Everybody wants that but I doubt it will happen. Autumn Sep 2024 #7

What we need is comprehensive universal healthcare. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #8

We need taxes raised a lot to cover that. Not saying it's a bad idea, but will the population jimfields33 Sep 2024 #11

Not really. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #13

It going to take a heck of a lot more than payroll tax. 100 million paying for 335 million? jimfields33 Sep 2024 #15

Oddly enough every other developed country has some form of universal healthcare Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #16

Eventually we will have it. But I'd make it so everyone must use a public hospital jimfields33 Sep 2024 #17

How about both? Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #12

Routine dental exams and cleanings are not expensive dlk Sep 2024 #14

Dental insurance CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #18