That ought to be a wakeup call to all concerned.
Say that again. I want everybody to hear that. You have Medicaid, but only 1 in 10 dentists will take Medicaid patients.
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 th...
What we're really talking about is the workforce, in general, whether it's dental therapists or dentists or hygienists.
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.
And are you finding--and we have the same issue--we had a hearing here on primary healthcare, getting doctors, young med...
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 c...
That's all you have? And there is only one dental shortage designation area in the county.
We are going to take a look at models which seem to be high quality and cost-effective.
We don't have funding. We have the capacity, but we don't have funding.