The ADA is calling on Congress to strengthen Medicare Advantage transparency, address dental workforce shortages and expand dental coverage options in a Feb. 25 letter to the House Ways and Means Committee.
In the letter, submitted following the committee’s “Modernizing American Health Care: Creating Healthy Options and Better Incentives” hearing, ADA leaders emphasized that oral health is a vital component of overall health and that supporting these efforts would help improve access to care and lead to better health outcomes.
“We appreciate the committee’s focus on these goals and welcome the opportunity to provide input on how oral health can be better integrated into these efforts,” reads the letter to Reps. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, and Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., signed by ADA President Brett Kessler, D.D.S., and Interim Executive Director Elizabeth Shapiro, D.D.S., J.D.