http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/822195--working-poo... Ontario’s Health Minister says there is no money to improve the oral health of Ontario’s 500,000 working poor. Deb Matthews said the province doesn’t have the resources to keep a promise of providing a dental plan for Ontario’s impoverished adults. Instead, the $135 million earmarked three years ago for affordable, routine care for adults struggling to pay the pricey fees of licensed Canadian dentists, will go to their children. “There are many ways we would love to be able to spend our money,” Matthews said Thursday in an interview. “It would be wonderful to expand to adults. But it’s at tremendous cost. We are facing a lot of challenges. We couldn’t do everybody. We’re focusing on children and I’m excited. I think it’s a big step in the right direction.”
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