Albanese government backbenchers among those pushing to add dental to Medicare despite the health minister saying it’s not a priority
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Half-a-century after it was left out of Gough Whitlam’s original Medibank scheme, dental care remains a hole in Australia’s public health insurance system.
Federal governments have offered piecemeal solutions in the decades since to make a trip to the dentist more accessible and affordable.
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