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Advancing Equitable Workforce Opportunities Post-Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit Expansion
Oral health is critical to overall health, impacting physical, mental, social and emotional well-being. Despite its importance, millions of people in the U.S. lack access to dental care. With the expansion…
Achieving Oral Health Equity Through Comprehensive Dental Coverage
Glaring Gaps in Dental Coverage and Access The current patchwork of limited and inconsistent dental coverage is compounded by significant oral health workforce shortages that disproportionately impact rural, Tribal, and…
Community Perspectives on Access, Quality, and Invasiveness of Dental Care
Our Approach In collaboration with community-based and advocacy organizations, Community Catalyst hosted listening sessions with community members in three states: Colorado, Nebraska and Ohio. Key Themes Key themes were uncovered…
Oral Health Data and Resources
This resource provides information on oral health data and sources that dental advocates commonly find helpful in describing access to care barriers, oral health problems, and disparities. These data are…
Working People & Health Coverage Gaps
An Update from Alabama August 2023 In advance of this Labor Day, Community Catalyst worked with Cover Alabama to take a look at health care options for working people in…
Why Does Oral Health Matter?
Dental disease hurts more than our teeth. It’s tied to our overall health. Tooth decay can risk our physical, mental, and economic wellbeing. It also strains state budgets. Policy barriers…
Patient Complaints Are a Crucial Tool for Improving Health Care
Patient complaints are a crucial means of ensuring that patients get value for their insurance coverage. In particular, complaints are one way to document the insurance problems that keep patients…
Tell Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid
No Cuts to Medicaid While the administration and some in Congress have come out in support of sparing Medicare and Social Security from cuts in the negotiations around raising the…
Essential Health Benefits: Gaps and Inconsistencies
What are Essential Health Benefits (EHBs)? In the simplest of terms: Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) are the health care services that most health plans across the country must cover: services…
The Power of Fear & Trust
Uncertainty and fear have driven a wedge between immigrant communities and their willingness and ability to access a multitude of public benefits that they are both eligible for and deserve.
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