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- Title
Designing a New Payment Model for Oral Care in Seniors.
- Authors
Jones, Judith A.; Monopoli, Michael
- Abstract
With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, many will be on fixed incomes and will lose dental insurance upon retirement. This article presents why a dental benefit in Medicare might save the US government money, and who would likely benefit. It details an approach to estimating costs of inclusion of a dental benefit in Medicare, and compares the proposed approach to existing proposals. Additionally, the ensuing steps needed to advance the conversation to include oral health in healthcare for the aged will be discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GERIATRIC dentistry; COST of dental care; MEDICARE; DENTAL insurance; DENTAL economics; ECONOMIC impact; RETIREMENT &; economics; MEDICAL care costs; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry (15488578), 2017, Vol 38, Issue 9, p616
- ISSN
1548-8578
- Publication type
journal article