Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive from far ...

Although private, employer-provided insurance plans often provide dental care as a benefit, many people are surprised to find ...

Proposed changes in Medicare rules could soon pave the way for a significant expansion in Medicare-covered dental services, while falling short of the comprehensive benefits that many Democratic ...

Without dental insurance, William Stork has put off getting his rotten tooth pulled; Medicare doesn't cover the $1,000 procedure. Dentists can't... William Stork needs a tooth out. That's what the ...

Opposition by the American Dental Association (ADA) to proposed legislation to provide dental benefits through Medicare Part B runs counter to the popularity of the legislation among many dentists and ...

Medicare Advantage plans are increasingly popular for their affordable premiums and extra benefits, but they have ...

The $4-trillion U.S. healthcare system is so vast and so complex, any discussion of changing things can (and will) get quickly bogged down in hard-to-address policy details. So let’s focus on just one ...

Dentists who treat large numbers of Medicaid patients could get money for health information technology under a rule issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The February ...

William Stork needs a tooth out. That's what the 71-year-old retired truck driver's dentist told him during a recent checkup. That kind of extraction requires an oral surgeon, which could cost him ...