Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa’s new dental-care plan Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate.
Dental and hygienists’ associations say their members have been slow to sign up to provide care under the new federal program, even though 1.7 million seniors have already enrolled.
They cite concerns about how much the government plans to reimburse them for services and the administrative burden the program will put on their staff.