May 10, 2008
Dentist: Focus on poor kids, not profit
Iowa should create a new class of dental therapists to take care of children's teeth, because dentists are not getting the job done, says a dental professor
Dentists often say they limit their Medicaid work because the program pays them too little. But Nash said states that have dramatically raised reimbursements have not seen corresponding increases in dentists willing to accept more Medicaid patients. "Many dentists just do not want to see these people in their offices," he said.
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