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Ayesha Verrall: Labour's dental policy would be a big step

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Sep 2023, 8:36am
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Photo / Mark Mitchell

Ayesha Verrall: Labour's dental policy would be a big step

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Sep 2023, 8:36am

Labour's Health spokesperson is labelling the party's latest dental policy "ambitious".  

The party's promising to offer free basic dental care for under 30-year-olds by 2030 if it holds onto power. 

The policy would cost $390 million and start in 2025.  

Ayesha Verrall told Mike Hosking it would be a big step. 

“It is a fundamental change in what we see the responsibility of the public health system to be by moving from 18 to 30 as your eligibility for free dental care.” 

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