Dental professor to Congress: Oral health is vital

By Allison Bell

Letting Medicaid, Medicare and other health insurance programs exclude coverage for teeth is as foolish as letting the programs exclude coverage for arms, legs or other body parts, Dr. Burton Edelstein testified today in Washington.

Edelstein, a professor of dentistry and health policy at Columbia University, appeared at a hearing on the state of U.S. dental care that was organized by the primary health and aging subcommittee at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

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