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Committee hears broad support to add adult dental benefit to Medicaid expansion
Summary
Senator Judy Lee introduced Senate Bill 2231 to the House Human Services Committee, proposing that medically necessary dental services be added to North Dakota’s Medicaid expansion benefit so adults covered by expansion would receive the same dental coverage as traditional Medicaid enrollees.
Senator Judy Lee, sponsor: For the record, Senator Judy Lee (District 13), told the House Human Services Committee Senate Bill 2231 would add medically necessary dental services to the Medicaid expansion population and that dental services found necessary through screening and teledentistry should be paid through Medicaid expansion.
Why it matters: Supporters said including adult dental care in the Medicaid expansion benefit would close an existing coverage gap, bring federal dollars into the state health system and reduce costly emergency-room visits for tooth pain.
Several community health center leaders, including Kim Kuhlman, policy and partnership manager for the Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas (CHaD), told the committee: “We are here today in support of SB 2,231 as passed by the Senate.” Kuhlman said the bill would “add an adult dental benefit under Medicaid expansion, which would be the same coverage as currently…
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