The Impact of Dental Insurance Reform

In November 2022, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot initiative that will require dental insurers to spend at least 83% of customer ...

Will Dental Insurance Finally Get a Much-Needed Overhaul?

Expanding Medicaid to include comprehensive dental benefits is a crucial reform that can significantly improve access to dental care for ...

Organized dentistry leaders share how more voices can sustain ...

Dentists regularly rate dental insurance issues among the most important concerns facing the profession today. The good news: Many reform ...

How the 2024 Dental Reform Bill could transform ... - Dentistry IQ

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell has introduced the Comprehensive Dental Care Reform Act of 2024, which seeks to expand dental coverage and improve ...

Dental care and insurance costs too much. ACA rule could change that

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Friday introduced the Comprehensive Dental Care Reform Act of 2024, a bill that would expand dental coverage through ...

Dental Insurance Reform

Dental insurance reform. Making dental insurance work better for dentists and their patients. Advocacy in action. In Congress.

Dental Insurance Reforms Continue to Pass in the States - AGD

As state legislative sessions wind down, dental insurance reform continues to be a hot issue in the Capitol. Last week Pennsylvania Governor ...

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Dental Care

Overall, we found that the policy led to a decrease in cost barriers, an increase in private dental coverage for young adults, and increased ...

Changes in Coverage and Access to Dental Care Five Years After ...

We examined the impact of the expansion on dental coverage and utilization of oral health services among low-income adults utilizing data from the National ...

Not Smiling: A Case Study on Dental Medical Loss Ratio - AAF

NADP explains that MLRs may cause beneficiaries to change dentists, face increased premiums while plan options decrease, and even lose coverage ...

Dental insurance confusion and inequity

Dentists, their patients, and the public at large are at a disadvantage from the negative impact noncovered service provisions have on ...

The impact of dental Medicaid reform on dental care provider activity ...

... dental fees closer to private insurance fee levels has a significant impact on dental care use and unmet dental need among children eligible for Medicaid.12 ...

Dental insurance reforms highlight importance of organized dentistry

State dental societies, working with the ADA's State Public Affairs program, successfully advocated for 149 new state laws on dental ...

OP-ED: Why should dentists prioritize dental insurance reform

e-magazine, dental insurance emerged in 1954 in response to a coalition of dock workers in California, Oregon and Washington who demanded more ...

Dental Insurance Reform - Consumer Choice Center

The complexity of dental insurance is a well-established trope among health reformists and patient advocates. Unlike most healthcare plans, ...

Dental Insurance Is the Next Industry That Badly Needs Reform

Because patients use dental insurance to cover all aspects of their care, rather than emergencies, this adds to an inflation of the price of ...

ADA puts money where its mouth is on insurance reform

The ADA has committed $5 million to support a medical loss ratio (MLR) ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would require dental ...

Bernie Sanders seeks dental insurance expansion, reforms

In May, the Vermont Independent introduced the Comprehensive Dental Care Reform Act of 2024, a bill to expand dental coverage through Medicare, ...

Recapping dental plan reform legislation: Here are 10 laws ...

CDA-sponsored legislation that took effect in January 2022 requires insurance plans, including dental benefit plans, to reimburse health ...

New Laws Impacting Dental Offices in 2024

Dental Insurance Reforms. ISDS has long been advocating for dental insurance reform with three new dental insurance laws going into effect in January: ...