Canadian residents without dental coverage will be excited to learn about the new Federal Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), which builds on the Canada Dental Benefit (CDB) launched in December 2022 for children under 12. The CDCP is not intended to replace existing dental plans through employer/pension or private sponsored plans, but it is [...]
Reposted from Knit People - June 2023 - Support Center News To support the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), the 2023 Budget Implementation Act includes legislative updates to permit its effective administration of the Dental Care Measures Act. The Dental Care Measures Act will permit the collection of Social Insurance Numbers from [...]
(From People Corporation Partner Solutions) The proposed Canada Dental Benefit is the first phase of the government’s plan to provide dental coverage to low- and mid-income families. One third of Canadians don’t have dental insurance and, according to a 2018 Statistics Canada report, 39% of Canadians without dental insurance avoided the dentist because of the [...]
Reprinted from Benefits By Design (BBD) blog/website dated April 19, 2022 Dental fee guides were created to help Canadians across the country have access to reasonably and competitively priced dental services. They influence employee benefits plans by helping to shape how much insurers will reimburse plan members for services. They also have an impact on [...]
In 2020, plan sponsors benefited from Covid-19 induced reductions in dental claims, that because of closed dental offices during the initial pandemic closures, resulted in an overall reduction of some -10% to -15% in claims activity. So, in 2021, the Canadian Dental Association is doing its best to help offset some of that lost revenue [...]
