Posts Tagged ‘Universal dental scheme’
Dental Scheme Battle Gets Personal In Australia
The battle over the future of the Chronic Dental Disease Scheme in Australia has just got personal, after the federal opposition launched a scathing attack on Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek. Peter Dutton, spokesman for health for the opposition, announced a campaign to stop the abolition of the current dental scheme and criticised Ms Plibersek, saying […]
Australian Dentists Worried About Dental Gap
Australian dentists are worried that thousands of people may struggle to afford dental care when the current Medicare Chronic Disease Scheme is scrapped; dentists have spotted that there will be a gap of more than one year before the new dental scheme, recently announced by Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is introduced. The Chronic Disease Scheme […]
Green Party’s Dental Plans Unlikely To Go Ahead
Australian Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, has hinted that dental plans proposed by the Green Party are unlikely to go ahead. The Green Party has been actively campaigning for the introduction of a universal dental scheme since they agreed to join the coalition government, when Julia Gillard’s party failed to gain a majority vote. However, the […]
Labor party set to go back on promise for dental scheme
The Australian Labor party is set to go back on a promise made to the Green party to introduce a universal dental scheme, it has been announced. Health Minister, Nicola Roxon has now ruled out a dental subsidy scheme, claiming that there is not enough money available to support a new dental programme. The establishment […]
