They go to the emergency room, and then they are referred to the health department.
I think to remember Deamonte Driver, our job is to dedicate ourselves to make very, very significant improvements to our dental care system ...
And are you finding--and we have the same issue--we had a hearing here on primary healthcare, getting doctors, young medical students, invol...
What we have learned in Vermont is that every time you build--it's like, 'If you build it, they will come.'
What we know--and it's true of dental care and it's true of healthcare as well--is if a Medicaid patient needs primary care, can't find a pr...
That's all you have? And there is only one dental shortage designation area in the county.
You're telling me that they are making money?
If I graduated with $200,000 in debt, I probably would not be running to a community health center to make whatever I would make there.
Later this month, I intend to reintroduce the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act.
We don't have funding. We have the capacity, but we don't have funding.
What we're really talking about is the workforce, in general, whether it's dental therapists or dentists or hygienists.
Let me just say to Mr. Nycz and to everybody here that we're going to do our best to focus more and more attention on this issue--why this h...
We are going to take a look at models which seem to be high quality and cost-effective.
Quality dental care is not a luxury, it is a necessity and we need to make it accessible and affordable.
If you are a lower income American. You're on Medicaid, but you don't have access--Medicaid does not pay for a dentist.
We need a stronger financial commitment to support the public health infrastructure so that the dental needs of all Americans can be met.
You're absolutely right, and that's why we're holding hearings like this, just to raise that consciousness.
The comments are about the fact that the technology has so outpaced the regulation or the law.
