ADA proposes updates to ERISA to improve transparency in dental insurance markets
The ADA proposed updates to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that fiduciary responsibility is mandated to be disclosed to consumers
The ADA proposed updates to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that fiduciary responsibility is mandated to be disclosed to consumers

The ADA wrote U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-NJ, to thank him for the introduction of the Dental Care for Our Troops Act, which would improve
The ADA supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ re-inclusion of dental services as a specific supplemental benefit under Medicare Advantage Organizations reporting requirements,
In a May 9 letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education,

Over two decades ago, the ADA approved policy supporting license portability. Fast forward to today, and with legislative activity on licensure in nearly a dozen
Dentistry and its workforce shortage were highlighted April 19 during a hearing held by the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee. The hearing, “Examining Existing
The ADA thanked U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-NJ, for sponsoring The Doctors of Community Act. This bill would help address deficits in the dental workforce,
The ADA sent out an action alert April 25 asking members to request Congress’s support of efforts to improve adult access to Medicaid dental benefits.
The ADA led 14 other dental organizations in thanking Rep. Mike Simpson, D.M.D., R-Idaho, for introducing legislation that would reduce administrative barriers for dentists who participate in
The American Dental Association urged Congress to provide additional funding and resources to the Department of Veterans Affairs Dentistry to meet the dental care needs
In letters to U.S. House and Senate leaders, a coalition of more than 150 national, state and local oral health and advocacy organizations, including the American Dental Association, urged

Presidential visit: ADA President George Shepley, D.D.S., visits the White House on March 24 as the Association’s representative for the White House Conference on Hunger,