Abstract Objectives: To determine the number and diagnoses of caries-related complaints presenting at Canada’s largest children’s hospital emergency department (ED) and the costs associated with
Abstract Objectives: To explore the psychosocial impacts of dentistry as described by patients. Methods: I conducted 6 qualitative interviews with people whose access to dental
More than 12 million children experienced untreated coronal caries between 2011 and 2014, even in the era of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Long-term funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was extended for 10 years in the U.S. government budget bill signed by President Donald Trump
Long-term funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was included in the short-term U.S. government funding bill signed by President Donald Trump on January
The U.S. Congress passed a short-term spending bill on December 21 that provides temporary funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The bill, which
Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was not included in a stopgap resolution that keeps the U.S. government funded until December 22, 2017.
A U.S. House of Representatives resolution introduced on December 4 may provide short-term funding to keep both the U.S. government and the Children’s Health Insurance
More children than ever before are visiting the dentist, and that could be because 90% of children in the U.S. have dental benefit coverage. These
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to reauthorize funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Healthy Kids Act (HR 3921)
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 31 would remove the mandate for dentists to become a Medicare provider for their
The September 30 deadline for the renewal of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has passed with no action taken by U.S. legislators.
