!fairvote@lemmy.ca is on bluesky too.
Hmm, explain more?
Cost of dental care in Canada is ridiculous (don’t know about US probably even worse there). One of the issues is that the dentists and hygienists are allowed to charge whatever the fuck they want. $400+ cleaning? Lol fuck that shit…a dentist in UK did cleaning for me within the cost of check-up so I wouldn’t have to go hygienist unless it was absolutely necessary, not just because “oh well you have insurance, let’s milk it dry and give insurance companies more reasons to deny claims and shit”. And that’s not even talking about everything else.
Where are they charging you 400$ for a cleaning? Edit - did not realize Van area was so goddamn expensive
Dental care is 100% an issue and it should be universal but a standard cleaning is about 200$ and if you tell the dentist you don’t have insurance more times than not they will drop that number even further.
Source - I had a cleaning last month and my bill is in front of me.
200$ -> Three unit of time-Scaling 36$ -> One unit of time-Polishing
I’m in the GTA. 400$ is either disingenuous and you’re pushing a narrative or your dentist is fucking fleecing you.
Vancouver and it’s no where near $400 on average. Now if you haven’t been in a decade and they need like 15 units of scaling, expect to pay more than a person returning twice a year. I paid $67 per kid recently before being covered by a plan.
Metro Vancouver, we get plenty of things more expensive here, don’t ask me why, other than why not… (But some cheaper occasionally)
Edit: I should mention, they’re obviously fleecing the insurance company because they cover 2 cleanings a year, with no other limitations. I would never pay that shit.
Jesus Christ why would you want to live there with a simply cleaning being a half a grand?! Lol
Consider my eyes opened.
OP already answered with the edit but the short answer is that most people are not paying that out of pocket
And I want to live in Vancouver because I love my lifestyle here :-)
My partner had hers done before me the first time around, and I thought she was bullshiting me when she mentioned the cost or that she just didn’t read it correctly, the same way you did, so can’t blame you.
What does age have to do with anything? Everyone deserves all of their body parts to be healthy not just “Non-Luxury” ones.
We should be able to care for our elders without forcing 74 year old humans to work so they can eat and sleep under a roof, but not even get dental care.
We should care for our elders, yes. They also have the lowest poverty rates in the country while young people are experiencing the worst poverty and unempyment rates with a bleak future. Our society is so wealthy. Healthcare should be a human right no matter your age.
I agree. And so should housing, adequate food, and basic transportation; everything needed to participate in society. But we are not there, and I am okay with making sure we provide these things first for our elders and other people with disabilities. When our elders can participate in cultural and civic life, we all benefit so much.
Other posters complain about how irresponsible and undeserving “boomers” are. I don’t think these are things that need to be earned or “deserved”.
Plus, boomers lived through the most economically vibrant time in history, where a single wage-earner on close to minimum wage could easily earn enough for a house, a SAH spouse, several children, and a car in the garage, while still saving up enough for retirement and going on at least one decent vacation a year.
How so many of them just pissed everything away is an absolute shock to me. I am a GenX that stumbled a few times out the gate (a nasty Voltron of ADD and Asperger’s), have decent savings, but had none of the same economic opportunities as boomers did. And I am still unable to retire for the foreseeable future.
NONE OF US should have medical, dental, or vision expenses. All essential dental - and I am taking about three-on-six bridges being deemed essential - should be a part of any dental coverage. If someone cannot take implants (diabetes, near-EoL, etc.), then dentures should be the fallback.
If you’re making over 90k and don’t qualify for the federal plan, I hope you have a great plan.
