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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's always been so insulting. When you're a kid and a teenager you can have the government's insurance and then your parent's insurance. But as soon as you are an adult that starts working minimum wage without any social advantages, you have to pay for the expensive dentist out of pocket. So lots of young people that are relatively poor will pass the beginning of their adult life without dental insurance, and avoid going there.

And if they're lucky and evolve into the job market, they can eventually find an employer that offers dental insurance! With any luck they won't spend more than a few years without insurance. Otherwise if they stay at minimum wage, they can also keep paying out of pocket, because it's certainly not their retail job that will offer dental insurance.

No, I'm still not bitter at all about this experience. /s

At least this supposed to change eventually, thanks to the NDP.

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I was lucky when I was cooking at a bar that the surfer/painter dentist down the road would let you pay in payments. Everyone at the bar went to him. He did good work too.