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“Medicare dental coverage is a critical, but often overlooked, retirement issue,” said Melissa Burroughs, policy director at the Washington-based CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, in an email. “Medicare does not cover dental care, making it unaffordable and out of reach for many Medicare enrollees.”
"For the estimated 68.5 million adults who lack dental insurance in the United States, according to the 2023 State of Oral Health Equity in America survey from CareQuest Institute, that individual care can seem elusive. There are options, though, that are much safer than DIY care."
An estimated 91 million adults in America had no dental insurance at the end of 2023, according to the CareQuest Institute of Oral Health. The vast majority are low-income, minorities and older Americans.
"With high prices discouraging many families from seeking routine dental care, 92% of adults said they have considered delaying dental care due to costs. Research also found that 27% of adults put off dental care because they could not afford it."
Dr. Rafia, the chief health equity officer and executive vice president at the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, recently spoke with Becker's to discuss the new CMS dental rule and what it means for dental care accessibility going forward.
"Dr. Minter-Jordan believes that expanding Medicaid could help provide support to Black women. “Medicaid benefits for pregnant people vary widely by state and, in many cases, Medicaid coverage may extend only 60 days postpartum, even though 50% of maternal deaths occur up to a year after giving birth,” she says."
Rebekah Mathews, Vice President of Health Transformation at CareQuest Institute for Oral Health (Boston): "Health information technology is expanding in response to the economies of scale that DSOs create and the business intelligence support they need as a result."
"More than 90 percent of Americans have health insurance, but dental insurance is much less common. The data are from early in 2023, before the Covid-19 public health emergency ended and states had to reassess who was eligible for Medicaid."
"Veterans often face challenges in accessing necessary dental care, which negatively affects their overall well-being and work productivity, according to a report from the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health and the American Institute of Dental Public Health (AIDPH)."
"The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health warned in April that more than 14 million adults who are on Medicaid could lose their dental coverage as part of the redetermination process."