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DCHP-2 (May 2016)
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n. — Administration
a dental healthcare plan for children of low-income families offered by some provincial governments.
Type: 5. Frequency — Denticare plans are not exclusive to Canada (see Chart 1), yet the term is most frequent here. OED-3 (s.v. "Denticare") describes this term as "Chiefly N. Amer.", defines it as a "provincial government dental health plan" and considers it as specifically Canadian. While discussions around dental insurance plans date back to the 1940s-1970s, not all provinces offer them. Ontario, for instance, only recently introduced a denticare program (see the 2015 quotation).
See also COD-2, s.v. "denticare", which is marked "Cdn", ITP Nelson and Gage-5, both s.v. "denticare"; the latter two dictionaries do not mark the term as Canadian.
See also COD-2, s.v. "denticare", which is marked "Cdn", ITP Nelson and Gage-5, both s.v. "denticare"; the latter two dictionaries do not mark the term as Canadian.
See: medicare
Quotations
1963
B.C. Denticare Lack Teeth
1978
Universal denticare and pharmacare programs in Ontario would be costly, wasteful and would provide minimal benefits for most residents, says an Ontario Economic Council report.
1985
In the meantime, let us take satisfaction that the province's Denticare program has still substantially cut children's cavities by about 30 per cent in recent years, so the $100 million or so that taxpayers spend annually is far from a complete waste.
1987
Prince Edward Island will extend its children's denticare program to 13- and 14-year-olds and Nova Scotia will help clean up pollution in Halifax harbor.
2001
Then, instead of funding medicare and denticare as a fixed fee item, it should be funded as a contributory program like CPP and EI, with a zero contribution rate on the first $8,000 of income and a percentage rate contribution on all income thereafter.
2007
The NDP plan also calls for a $100-million denticare program, an idea which the Liberals quickly "borrowed" for their own, smaller $45-million plan to provide dental care for low-income families.
2015
Ironically, the promised impact of these first stages of denticare was one reason the governments gave for not needing a full denticare system.
Governments also set a precedent with programs such as Ontario's Healthy Smiles that provides denticare for children in low-income families. By 2014, denticare covered 460,000 children in Ontario.
References
- OED-3
- COD-2
- ITP Nelson
- Gage-5
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