The newly restarted Medicaid redetermination process could strip millions of people of their dental benefits, according to new data. The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health released a new analysis ...

More than 14 million adults across the United States who receive Medicaid are at risk of losing dental health coverage now that the Covid public health emergency is over, according to data exclusively ...

Medicaid adult dental coverage is an optional benefit that states often add or remove in response to budgetary pressures. The effect of these fluctuations on access to dental services is unclear.

Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But when Quinn chipped a tooth and it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medicaid is a core source of oral health care coverage for families, which is critical to ensuring overall health and well-being. ...

Federal and state Medicaid programs mandate dental coverage for children but not adults. However, rising awareness of the economic and health costs of poor dental health and federal pandemic money has ...