Oklahoma adds basic dental coverage to Medicaid amid a dire lack of care

StateImpact Oklahoma
25/08/2021 4 min Episodio 188
Oklahoma adds basic dental coverage to Medicaid amid a dire lack of care

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About every other person in Oklahoma can't get dental insurance. Nonprofits scramble to fill in the gaps, caring for people who come in with broken teeth, painful abscesses and worse. State officials took a major step in ramping up access this year, opening preventative coverage to adults enrolled in SoonerCare.

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