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Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor's pledge is just a start

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor's pledge is just a startForgoing dental care causes more pain and costly treatments down the longer term. Gertjan Hooijer/Shutterstock

Opposition leader Bill Shorten declared on Sunday that Labor has a “vision of universal access to dental care in Australia”.

Labor’s pensioner dental plan would would give aged pensioners up to A$1,000 of subsidised...

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