August 21st, 2010
This is an article by Ari Sharp that was recently published in The Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney, New South, Australia.THE proposed multibillion-dollar plan for a steep rise in the Medicare levy to provide every Australian with dental care has been given the thumbs down by a dentists’ group.In its final report to the Federal Government, released yesterday, the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission called for a .6 billion-a-year Denticare Australia scheme that would offer universal access to preventive and restorative dental care and dentures.The plan would be funded by an 0.75 percentage point increase
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