Expanded Medicaid dental benefits are working, but statistics show oral health access in rural communities is lacking

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When Missouri expanded Medicaid dental benefits this summer, advocates hailed it as a breakthrough. For the first time, adult Medicaid recipients could receive routine dental exams—a service long excluded from the program. Although some dental offices across the state began accepting Medicaid patients right away under the new reimbursement system, there are still many rural… Continue reading Expanded Medicaid dental benefits are working, but statistics show oral health access in rural communities is lacking