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Should preventative dental care be covered under Canada’s universal healthcare plan?

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82%
Yes
18%
No
72%
Yes
15%
No
3%
Yes, but only for low income citizens
2%
No, emergency care is already included, preventative care should be an individual's responsibility.
3%
Yes, preventative dental care is an important aspect of long term health
1%
No, we cannot afford to add this at the moment
3%
Yes, but only for children

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 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Bad teeth can kill you. Teeth are important to your health. Dental care should be covered in universal health care.

 @BBXDRC2from British Columbia  answered…4mos4MO

Preventative dental care is an important aspect of long term health and it should be provided for low income citizens.

 @9GZYG4Jfrom Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

No, instead privatize healthcare and provide healthcare vouchers and healthcare tax credits for low income individual/families.

 @8VMY3MFfrom Alberta  answered…5yrs5Y

Make dental care government owned

 @9W9YG5Kfrom Nova Scotia  answered…2yrs2Y

Healthcare including dental care should be provincial, not federal, let the voters in each province decide

 @9F7WL2Zfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

for children and people of low income

 @8SSYZNNfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

yes for all low come Canadians, all children under the age of 18 and those with no benefits to cover them

 @9VR8FZ8from British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only for Canadian Citizens. Preventative dental care is an important aspect of long term health

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Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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