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Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how

  • Written by Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s howEngin Akyurt/Unsplash

When the forerunner of Medicare was established in the 1970s, dental care was left out. Australians are still suffering the consequences half a century later.

Patients pay much more of the cost of dental care than they do for other kinds of care.

More Australians delay or skip dental care because of cost than their peers in...

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