US EditionMany states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents
- Many Medicaid patients struggle to access dental care due to difficulties in finding dentists who accept Medicaid, resulting in long waiting times and limited access to care.
- Several states have expanded their Medicaid dental coverage, allocating significant budgets to provide dental care to their Medicaid recipients. For example, New Hampshire is spending $33.4 million over 12 months, Virginia has budgeted $282 million, and Kansas spent $3.5 million in 2022 and $1.2 million in 2023.
- Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services are often low, discouraging dentists from treating Medicaid patients and limiting access to care. Some dentists argue that these rates have not increased since 1998.
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Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents
For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets in Social Security and disability payments. So he waited for the state to roll out a program this year that offers dental care to the more than 650,000 Medicaid recipients like him who ar…
Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets in Social Security and disability payments. So he waited for the state to roll out a program this year that offers dental care to the more than 650,000 Medicaid re…
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