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].
Original Medicare doesn’t cover most dental work, but there are 4 other ways to get coverage
Two common misconceptions about Medicare are that it doesn’t cover dental care and that beneficiaries need to pay all dental ...
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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.
In 2023, 71 clinics in the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics saw 108,000 patients, a 44% increase in demand ...
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 ...
Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 4 Virginians. Here’s what could happen if federal funding goes away
President Donald Trump has promised to “love and cherish” Medicaid, but congressional talks of cutting billions in funding to the program have advocates worried. Virginia Medicaid, called Cardinal ...
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 ...