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30% Cut to HSE funding - Impact on Dental Treatments

  • 23-03-2010 9:28pm
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    friendface
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    Sorry if this has already been posted. The IDA has today warned the government of the impact a proposed 30% cut to HSE funding will have on Dental patients;
    Medical card holders seeking dental treatment are being warned that they may now be offered tooth extractions and antibiotics instead of fillings.

    The Irish Dental Association said today a 30% cut in HSE funding will seriously impact on dental care for patients with medical cards.

    It said the cut will lead to nearly half a million less treatments, meaning thousands of patients with tooth decay may have no option but to have the tooth out.

    At a press briefing today in Dublin, the IDA said that all medical card holders, including the over 70s, children and special needs patients, will be affected by the cuts.

    The Association, which represents 2,000 dentists all over the country, said that patients may be forced to resort to legal action to force the State to provide appropriate dental care.

    !As it is the system is barely limping along," said IDA Chief Executive Fintan Hourihan.

    "These new cuts are akin to the introduction of rationing. But how do you ration dental treatments?

    "Not for the first time the most vulnerable in our society will suffer most and these measures will widen the divide between the less well off and those who can afford to be treated privately."

    The IDA called on Health Minister Mary Harney and the HSE to "examine all alternative means of limiting the impact of these cuts",

    Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/dentists-warn-of-impact-of-cuts-451083.html#ixzz0j2NRRlBu

    I'd say this will have an impact on many people here, myself included, who current avail of dental treatment under the medical card scheme. Personally, I could not afford the cost of private treatments. I have had a number of fillings recently which were covered but I dread to think of the cost of treatment in the future when these need to be replaced.


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