For adults aged 21 and older, Medicaid is not required to provide dental care, giving state Medicaid programs the option of determining whether to provide dental coverage. As a result, Medicaid dental ...

If Congress cuts Medicaid funding to states to help extend tax cuts, dental care for adults could be one of the first casualties as legislators and governors re-sort priorities and try to make do ...

Medicaid dental coverage for adults is one of the few options available for low-income families who are seeking oral health care. Yet 47 state Medicaid programs do not offer dental benefits ...

Erie Family Health Centers' Dr. Lee Francis says the "Big, Beautiful Bill" will only push costs higher for everyone.

So he waited for the state to roll out a program this year that offers dental care to the ... or expanded their Medicaid programs this year to provide coverage for adults. Access remains difficult ...

As of this month, she has a new health-preserving and cost-saving option: dental insurance through Medicaid — a godsend for adults who can't afford to pay for oral health care. Some have delayed ...

limited coverage or extensive dental services. The loss of care could have an outsize effect on communities of color. About 25% of adults with Medicaid see a dentist annually, according to the ...