Following the victory by the Coalition in the election last weekend, Australians can finally welcome a government whose stated policy aim is to bring dentistry under Medicare. As pointed out this week by the ADIA, the incoming Coalition Government has […]
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Medicare Dental question raised again
As part of the process of developing a new national oral health plan, a survey has been released asking Australians for their views to help us better understand what’s working and what’s needed to ensure the future oral health of […]
Child dental bill passes into law
On Monday this week both houses of the Australian Parliament passed the Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012, which allocates $2.7 billion for up to 3.4 million children to access dental services through Medicare. Although the bill has been cautiously welcomed […]
Medicare dental closure leaves town without dentist
The closure of the Medicare Chronic Disease Dental scheme has cost the wheatbelt town of Coonamble its dentist, according to reports this week in News Ltd newspapers. After five months of having a full-time dentist at the Coonamble Aboriginal Health […]
Senate embraces ADA plan
The Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs has reported back to the Senate on the government’s new Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012, which includes the plan to close the Medicare CDDS and the scope of the new Child Dental Benefit […]
CDDS now history
Medicare has announced the details of the closure of the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme (CDDS) as of the end of November, and while some in the profession are glad to see the back of it, the ADA has pointed out […]
Denticare begins?
The Federal Government has joined with The Greens to announce a $4 billion dental health reform package which builds on the half-billion dollars for dental announced in the last budget. At the centre of the six-year package, announced on Wednesday […]
ADA wants access to government
With recent news reports that discussions are underway to determine what Australia’s new national dental scheme should look like, the ADA has set out to remind people about the DentalAccess policy, which it says will ensure the 30 per cent […]