Mandate urging all members to sign up for dental appointments before year-end
Friday 18 December 2009If Mandate members would like to avail of the free PRSI dental scheme, they must contact their dentist before 31 December 2009.
The Oireachtas is likely to enact legislation which will effectively abolish the dental benefit scheme for 2010. This decision will have the effect of restricting access by patients to free and subsidized treatments such as scale and polish, extractions, fillings, root canal treatments and dentures etc.
The Irish Dental Association (IDA) is launching a media campaign to highlight the fact that insured persons can save hundreds of Euros in dental charge by contacting their dentist up to December 31st. “The sooner they make contact the better”, according to Fintan Hourihan, Chief Executive of the IDA.
According to the IDA, the recent budget included measures to cut PRSI cover for treatments going forward but NOT for eligible patients who made an appointment to see their dentist before the end of this year.
Contact your dentist today.
