Dental Insurance Kids – Dental Providers
Children’s Dental Insurance with Few Dental Providers.
Nearly 50 million Americans live in rural or poor areas where few dentists practice. Many more dentists do not accept Medicaid patients, and the shortage of dentists will only worsen. Under the Affordable Care Act, 5.3 million more children will be entitled to dental benefits from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. However, more must be done by the dental profession or the federal or state governments to prepare for it..