It's because historically, dentists were their own thing separate from surgery and also physicians for hundreds of years. You see this even today. Many universities have Dentistry as a separate Faculty from Medicine.
This information is posted in many places. If you actually care to know, a quick Google search would have turned up many articles on their proposed tax changes. Here is one of many.
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cloventt@lemmy.nz · 26 pts · 3y
Such a great policy for so many reasons. Equitable access to dental care for everyone leads to significantly improved health outcomes overall.
grasshopper@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 3y
Agreed, and from the article, 3/4 of voters agree too! There's no reason why teeth should be treated so differently to the rest of healthcare.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
The dental industry doesn't want a single-payer at all. That's the problem, all the experts in the field are operating in their own interests.
Unfortunately ~49% of the population still think that "user-pays" is fair.
Chickenstalker@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y
It's because historically, dentists were their own thing separate from surgery and also physicians for hundreds of years. You see this even today. Many universities have Dentistry as a separate Faculty from Medicine.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -10 pts · 3y
No information on what these "fair and simple" tax changes are though...
master5o1@lemmy.nz · 17 pts · 3y
Their tax policy was already announced regarding their wealth tax and income tax adjustments.
Iirc very terse summary: 1.5% tax on net wealth > $4M; income tax reduction for <$125k pa incomes, tax increase for >$125k pa incomes.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 0 pts · 3y
I know what it is, I find it disappointing Radio NZ didn't even link to a story on the changes.
HappyPig@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 3y
You really are a troll. See this thread where you're commenting on the policy they released over a month ago. https://lemmy.nz/post/30563
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -6 pts · 3y
You don't think a link to one of radio NZ's own stories on the tax would have been in order?
Obviously I know what they're referring to.
biddy@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 3y
Why did you ask then?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -1 pts · 3y
I didn't. I pointed out that RNZ made no mention of the actual tax changes in their story, which I think is somewhat slack on their behalf.
Rangelus@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 3y
This information is posted in many places. If you actually care to know, a quick Google search would have turned up many articles on their proposed tax changes. Here is one of many.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -1 pts · 3y
You don't think radio NZ should have linked to one of their own stories on the matter?
Rangelus@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 3y
What does that have to do with the Green's proposal?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 0 pts · 3y
It's more a comment on Radio NZ's reporting, I'd have expected them to link to their previous reporting on those changes.