Budget bill could cap Medicaid payments for adult dental services

Budget bill could cap Medicaid payments for adult dental services

Dr. Scott Miller knows exactly what it costs to fit a patient with dentures, place a crown or extract a tooth. A standard, non-surgical extraction costs $92.39. Recently, Miller treated a patient who needed 23 teeth removed. The extractions alone would cost more than $2,000. The patient also needed dentures.  Under a line item in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s final budget proposal, that patient would not be able to complete the full treatment plan in a …