This election brings with it significant changes, likely more sweeping than we’ve experienced in our careers, if not lifetimes. The new administration is likely to roll back provisions of the ACA and redefine the role of government in health, creating uncertainty but perhaps also opportunities. The National Association of Health Data Organizations predicts that state health care data programs will play a key role in the system transformation, but that states and data agencies should prepare to respond to a dynamic, and even chaotic, environment.

Panelists will discuss a range of oral health topics featured in the December Health Affairs including the cost of care, access to services, oral health under Medicare and Medicaid and dental workforce issues.