An association of health insurance providers warns it might not be worth it for small businesses to provide dental benefits to some employees once the government launches a national dental plan, and is pitching a tax credit to convince them not to drop their coverage.
The Liberals announced in their latest federal budget that they would spend $13 billion over the next five years to provide uninsured low- and middle-income Canadians with access to dental care through a federal insurance plan.
The program is a key element of the supply-and-confidence agreement the Liberals signed with NDP last year to prevent an election before 2025….