Brits and Canadians, are dental and eye care?

included in your universal health care plans?
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For dentistry in the UK, in theory yes, but unless you are in receipt of certain means tested benefits you will still have to pay a proportion of the cost. Also it is nearly impossible to find a NHS dentist with which to register if you are not already registered as few dentists care for the terms of the government contracts. If you turn up at a NHS A&E hospital claiming severe dental problems you will probably be seen by a NHS dentist, although you have to wait for them to be called in. Free eye care provision within the NHS as in normal spectacle or contact lens vision correction is only available to those in receipt of certain means tested benefits, although a history of glaucoma in your family or if you are a child will get you a free vision test. That said, exam charges are not too high and there are choices for glasses etc. from £25 to £500+ For surgical and other interventions, cataract repair, retinal re-attachment and so on, these are fully funded under the NHS, but you may have to wait until you are functionally blind before being placed on the waiting list.
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