Medicare Dental Coverage

Broad Support Across Politics and Ages

A nationwide poll shows that the vast majority of voters — more than 9 in 10 — support adding a dental benefit to Medicare. Support for the reform is high regardless of politics and socioeconomics.

• More than four out of five voters (85%) for Trump in both 2016 and 2020 want a dental benefit added to Medicare.
• 99% of those who voted for the Democrat candidate in the last two elections want a dental benefit added to Medicare. 
• When ranking health care topics they find “most important,” voters rank adding dental coverage to Medicare as highly as abortion.
• Nine out of ten young adults aged 18 to 24 — those farthest from Medicare age — support adding a dental benefit to Medicare.