I think it has been more dealing with direct health issues related to pollutants.

The Federal Government, as you acknowledge, has the responsibility under the Clean Air Act to make sure that we achieve what science tells us we can achieve in a cost effective manner.

Senator Stabenow has been one of the great leaders on health care in the United States Senate.

Congress must ensure that Medicaid EPSDT advances efforts to promote the dental home concept.

I want to thank Senator Wyden and Senator Crapo for their cooperation in the establishment of the subcommittee.

There is such an obvious way for us to provide a solution here if we just have the political will to get it done.

We have, obviously, a very important agenda, and I hope that the subcommittee will be able to do some oversight as to some of the issues that are pretty pressing in our health-care system, during this Congress.

Thank you, Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Daines, for this opportunity to testify.

Senator Daines, I want to thank you for your help and cooperation.

We strongly believe that by improving oral health literacy, we further everyone's access to dental health care.

The Academy also strongly supports efforts that have been led by Chairman Cardin through S. 570, the Medicaid Dental Benefits Act of 2023.

I have found that medical politics can be more brutal than politics in the Senate.

I hope we are able to continue this conversation in the coming months, as significant work remains to address oral health disparities.

The nitrogen levels in the Bay are critically important to achieving our goals.

I'm grateful for all the work our health centers do to provide access to dental care and address disparities throughout Montana and the country.

the risk factors to our population and the cost factors to our population indicate that the Federal Government today is not carrying out its responsibility.

There is no health without oral health.

I want to thank Chairman Cardin and Senator Blackburn for engaging CMS in support of this effort.

We estimated a $4-million savings per year to the Medicaid budget by expanding adult dental.

thank you again for holding a hearing on this critically important topic.

I appreciate very much your support and your leadership on this issue.

Absolutely, and you know, a lot of our private dentists across Montana do not actually do extractions.

We had a choice to try to make some progress during the CHIP program, which obviously deals with our children.

This measure is necessary to ensure comprehensive dental care is covered under Medicaid regardless of what state a patient lives in.

We have moved forward to expand the COVID-related telehealth services beyond COVID.