Why Don’t Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Health Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15745657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorie Braunold (American Medical Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | E89-98 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2022.89 |
| PMID | 35133733 |
| OpenAlex | W4210562989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Dental symptoms can cause severe health problems. Yet, while dental insurance is seen by many as a luxury, medical insurance is widely considered to be essential. Born in the legislative advent of Medicare, which covers no dental costs, and Medicaid, which covers few, the medical-dental divide has created and exacerbated health inequity between those who can afford dental care and those who cannot. This article offers a brief visual and narrative history of how this happened and why dentistry exists outside medicine rather than as a specialty within it
Business · Cover (algebra · Dental care · Dental health · Dental insurance · Family medicine · Health care · Legislature · Medicaid · Political science · Specialty · Dental Education, Practice, Research · Engineering · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |