Drilling Down on Dental Coverage and Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries

Oral health is an integral part of overall health. Medicare does not cover routine dental care, and the majority of people on Medicare have no dental coverage at all. Limited or no dental insurance coverage can result in relatively high out-of-pocket costs. This Kaiser Family Foundation article describes the consequences of foregoing dental care, current sources of dental coverage, use of dental services, and related out-of-pocket spending. Read the KFF article: https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/drilling-down-on-dental-coverage-and-costs-for-medicare-beneficiaries/?utm_campaign=KFF-2019-The-Latest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70758800&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–pDNMKAcib2sZcqQMqcPJRDHO6L31k9Jl9IaJzZbM1bUyx-6DdhAxRm1N–AOBiATeG_yFxJx1LJGV-p5zZTVom5A26Q&_hsmi=70758800