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Very happy it passed but 90k limit on household income seems rather low. I guess this is a much broader discussion but shouldnt it be based on average household income rather than cumulative since that scales with number of people where as a hard 90k number doesnt.
It might feel a little low (especially if you live in Vancouver/Toronto) but it covers some 9 million of us.
I imagine they'll keep revisiting the number or index it to inflation. But really, these programs are designed to help the most needy and at 90k it is already one of our largest social programs.
Yeah, it's truly fantastic that they're aggressively rolling this out to whom it's most needed, first.
A not insignificant number of people earning more than $90k have at least some dental benefits through their employers. Covering the most needy first is the best way to implement this program.
The 90k limit also helps keep the conservatives off their back vs 150k or everyone.
It'll give the program some time to show it actually saves money long term and then they can slowly expand it further with better data to back it up