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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dental care that only a fraction of the population even qualify for? Meanwhile the rest of us are still dependent on our employers to provide us with private insurance that covers less and less every year.

I'm old enough to remember when the NDP was Canada's workers party. They barely even pay that legacy lip-service now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

While yes it's technically a fraction, and universal would've been better, the 4 in 5 people that make under 90k is a pretty darn big fraction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol! You also can't have access to any other form of dental care. And since most employers offer a bare minimum of coverage, that eliminates nearly everyone who is currently employed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

OK, and now that a system is in place, they have a financial incentive to drop that coverage because it A) costs them money, and B) costs their workers money, so it makes no sense to keep it there.