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发帖数: 29846 | 1 With Obamacare safely in place, Washington Post columnist Harold Pollack of
the Century Foundation is now calling for Obamateeth. That’s right – it’s
time for you to chip in to provide dental coverage to 85 million Americans.
Pollack writes:
Regular Wonkblog readers know that poor access to dental care is a national
problem. By one estimate, 85 million Americans lack dental coverage. Tooth
problems are leading causes of school absence, missed workdays, and
emergency department use.
After recognizing that raising Medicaid reimbursement rates will do little
or nothing to raise the number of insured, given dentists’ lack of interest
in dealing with government paperwork, Pollack endorses a host of government
-led solutions:
There are good reasons to raise Medicaid reimbursement, not least to fairly
pay providers for their work… One might also expand services provided by
mid-level providers known as dental therapists… Other options deserve
attention, too. Expanding dental residencies and the overall dental
workforce would help. Government at all levels could also expand direct
public provision of basic dental services, for example by expanding dental
clinics located in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other
facilities in high-need communities. Specialized clinics now serve
individuals with HIV/AIDS and for the homeless. The Affordable Care Act
included $11 billion in new funds between 2011 and 2015 to support FQHCs.
Expanded dental care was one component of these efforts. More could be done.
Soon, those on the left will be calling for government sponsored gym
memberships.
Ben Shapiro is Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News and author of the New York
Times bestseller “Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation
Silences America” (Threshold Editions, January 8, 2013). | Q****r
发帖数: 7340 | 2 当working class保险暴涨的时候...
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: With Obamacare safely in place, Washington Post columnist Harold Pollack of
: the Century Foundation is now calling for Obamateeth. That’s right – it’s
: time for you to chip in to provide dental coverage to 85 million Americans.
: Pollack writes:
: Regular Wonkblog readers know that poor access to dental care is a national
: problem. By one estimate, 85 million Americans lack dental coverage. Tooth
: problems are leading causes of school absence, missed workdays, and
: emergency department use.
: After recognizing that raising Medicaid reimbursement rates will do little
: or nothing to raise the number of insured, given dentists’ lack of interest
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