@KenBoessenkool Because the current HC "system" in Canada is working so well. Ideology above all.

@TerryLake19 Or not… in this case. What’s hilarious is how profoundly their ideology is contrary to what they are actually proposing.

@KenBoessenkool Way too much irony lol

@KenBoessenkool Agreed, this NDP dental care plan will be the death of our coveted Universal Public Healthcare system. Our hospitals are failing, and not from #COVID19 , from previous federal neglect. If your house in on fire, it makes little sense to buy new furniture instead. #SelloutSingh

@KenBoessenkool The devil is in the details

@KenBoessenkool Dental would become universal but it would introduce a two-tier system. Given the NDP’s ideological opposition to private alternatives for health care, I see a long term threat to high quality dental care as they push Liberals to eliminate the private option.

@KenBoessenkool Private dental insurance plans have been in effect forever. We'll just adding a government insurance plan to that. All clients have always been accepted on an equal basis.

@KenBoessenkool why does a mixed public/private system have to mean the end of Universal Public Healthcare? Isn't a mixed system common in European countries? Its not like Canada's system is donig great right now, and its not for lack of public money

@KenBoessenkool Well that will just get heads a spinning with denial and the but, buts..

@KenBoessenkool @cselley

@KenBoessenkool It's obviously not realistic to move from a fully private dental care system to a fully public dental care system overnight. Public insurance with private providers has to be the first step. If they have any power I'm sure they'll push for more steps in the future.

@KenBoessenkool Everyone knows teeth and eyes aren't part of the body, really, so it's different.

@KenBoessenkool Curious what you’d advocate. Status quo or something else?

@KenBoessenkool Or, hopefully usher in a new period of cooperative public/private policy development like much of the world does already.