The nation’s dentists are grateful that the Affordable Care Act specified child dental care as one of 10 core health benefits, but they bemoan the law’s conspicuous silence on the importance of adult tooth upkeep.
Some ACA health plans include dental coverage, while ACA customers can also buy stand-alone dental plans on the marketplace.
“(A)dult dental benefits are still optional, with one implication being there are fewer regulations governing how dental benefits are offered to adults,” states a recent report by the American Dental Association.
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