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This is what a civilised country does. If this was proposed in 'merica, you'd be branded a 'socialist'.
LOW-INCOME adults can look forward to a $4 billion expansion in public dental services beginning in 2014 - if Labor wins the next election - but will lose a more lavish scheme focused on the chronically ill from the end of this year.
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said the new scheme would combat the increasingly poor oral health of low- and middle-income families.
The six-year plan results from an agreement with the Greens, enabling the axing of the current chronic disease dental scheme.
The arrangements will provide $2.7 billion for 3.4 million children to get treatment from public or private dentists, capped at $1000 over two years, starting from January 2014.