Does Medicare Cover Dental Care?
Dental care can be expensive. But nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries don’t have dental coverage, according to KFF[1].
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Cost Considerations Limit Access to Dental, Vision, and Hearing Services for Under-65 Medicare Beneficiaries
Source: Julie Lee and Janet P. Sutton, “Cost Considerations Limit Access to Dental, Vision, and Hearing Services for Under-65 ...
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Bills aim to improve access to dental care in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two bills being considered by the North Dakota Legislature strive to make dental care ...
Budget proposals call for funding free clinics. Advocates say it won’t be enough if Medicaid is rolled back.
Across the commonwealth, free and charitable clinics are increasingly part of the fabric of public health. Demand for their ...
Addressing the dental care shortage in rural New Mexico
Natasha McDonald wants to return home following the completion of her dental hygienist program in April, providing desperately needed care to her home city of 6,000 people. "I'm from a rural area, so ...
More than 30,000 wait for care as NY's dental crisis grows
A dentist compared the patients she sees with untreated dental pain in Rochester to those she treated in undeveloped villages in the Philippines ...
Benevis Highlights Emergent Oral Health Coverage Needs for Children's Dental Health Month
Benevis has issued a call to action to expand Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and ensure vulnerable U.S. children continue to receive coverage for dental health ...