Lawmakers Push For Dental Care For Children In Low-Income Families
Lawmakers Push For Dental Care For Children In Low-Income Families (Medical News Today)
Members of Congress this month will continue to push legislation (HR 2371) that would strengthen dental care for children in low-income families, while Maryland officials are preparing to receive recommendations on Wednesday regarding a major overhaul of the state's Medicaid dental program, the Washington Post reports (Otto, Washington Post, 9/10). The bill in Congress was drafted by Rep. [click ...
A Look at the Candidates on Health Care (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A look at positions of the 2008 presidential candidates on health care: DEMOCRATS: --Delaware Sen. Joe Biden: Expand health insurance to cover all children and to make catastrophic care available for all; look to states for ideas on moving toward universal coverage.
Boy's death of untreated dental decay puts spotlight on gaps in medical aid (Boston Globe)
WASHINGTON - Earlier this year, the death of a local boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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