Should dental care be part of Medicare?

Australians fork out much more on dental care than any other kind
of health care. Which is why increasingly, people are delaying or
skipping dental care, and 27% of kids aged between 5 and 10 had
untreated decayed or missing teeth.   


So should, or could dental care be brought under the Medicare
umbrella, and what might this cost? 


Guests:


Peter Breadon, Program Director for Health and Aged Care at the
Grattan Institute


Dr Angie Nisson, Board Member of the Australia Dental Association
and Clinical Director of Oral Health in Northern NSW


Dr Elizabeth Deveny, CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of
Australia