While 1 out of 6 people in the U.S. has no health insurance (as of 2003)—which includes 1 out of 10 children—those socialist-wannabe Swedes have nothing better to do than worry about their damned teeth.

According to The Local, the Minister of Healthcare Ylva Johansson is promising cheap visits to the dentist for everybody by 2007—

The reformed system will be generous, said Johansson, who refused to be drawn on the possible costs other than acknowledging that changes will be expensive.

The government's coalition partners, the Left Party and the Greens, back the changes, which are expected to make it as cheap to go for a dental check up as it is for a medical check up.

Swedes already have free dental care for all children up to the age of 19. It's the adults they're worried about—

[T]he government wants the older part of the population to be able to visit the dentist every 18 months at a cost similar to that of a trip to the doctor - a few hundred kronor [US$25-$35].

Actual treatment will be paid for by the patient, but the reform will also include a fixed ceiling on payments, which will be determined by Curt Malmborg's second report.

The principle behind the reforms is that nobody should refrain from having their teeth checked for economic reasons.

"It's very worrying that more and more people say they cannot afford to visit the dentist," said Ylva Johansson.

What a disgusting way for a political party to win votes! Thank God that in the U.S. we reserve our votes for the politicians who pray the loudest and lie the most.