Prepaid payments boost rollout of Canada’s new dental care benefit

For those eligible for the program, prepaid products can complement direct deposit and address many of the limitations of cheques.
The dental care benefit is a perfect example of how government should be looking to innovative, customer-centric solutions to public service delivery, writes Jennifer Tramontana.
Eligible Canadians will soon receive access to a new national dental care benefit that will give children with families who make less than $90,000 a year as much as $650 per child to care for their teeth. To qualify for the initial phase of the benefit, families will need to attest that they have b...

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