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When a charity clinic is only option for dental care
Reporter Katie Hiler decided to look into dental care for the poor in Missouri. The situation, she concluded in her reporting…
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Despite settlements, fraud allegations in Texas Medicaid program still unclear
Texas Tribune health writer Becca Aaronson has been providing in-depth coverage of the state’s unfolding Medicaid orthodontic scandal. The allegations of…
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Despite ‘essential’ designation, dental benefits lacking under ACA
State and federal policymakers should take steps to make dental benefits less costly and more widely available under the Affordable…
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Dental tourism: Americans leaving the country for oral health care
Experts say many thousands of Americans are now going abroad for dental care. The growing phenomenon of dental tourism is…
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What early numbers tell us about kids’ dental coverage under ACA
Children’s dental benefits are listed among the 10 essential health benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).…
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Lack of access to dental care leads to expensive emergency room care
In recent years, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have drawn millions of poor and underinsured patients coping with dental problems. Yet…
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Questions arise about oversight of pediatric dentists, sedation
The state of Hawaii continues to investigate the death of a 3-year-old girl who went into a coma after visiting…
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HHS moves to block chain of dental clinics from receiving Medicaid
Small Smiles, one of the nation’s largest dental chains, is facing exclusion from Medicaid, David Heath of the Center for…
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Movement toward enabling dental therapists gets boost in Maine
The battle over mid-level dental providers has come to Maine and reporters at the Portland Press Herald have been closely…
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S.C. adults may gain dental benefits as part of Medicaid plan
Adult dental benefits would be added to South Carolina’s Medicaid program under a plan being considered by the state legislature.…