The Projected Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Dental Care for Adult Medicaid Enrollees

Fewer than half of all U.S. states offer dental care to Medicaid eligible non-elderly adults. Even among adults living in states that offer dental benefits through Medicaid, such coverage does not ensure they will seek or access dental care. SHADAC's Kathleen Thiede Call along with Priscilla Flynn of the University of Minnesota's School of Dentistry explore the projected effects of the ACA on dental care for adult Medicaid Enrollees in their new article for the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.