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…
If you don’t pay your medical bill, the provider can sue you for payment or sell your debt to a collection company. If you fail to pay your bills, it can also hurt your credit score. However, some states have laws that prohibit health care providers from using certain collection practices against patients to collect unpaid medical bills.
View this resourceThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated historical and persistent disparities in health and highlighted the impact of systemic and structural racism among marginalized racial and ethnic communities.
View this resourceMany non-profit hospitals aren’t living up to their promise to community – and it’s having significant impacts on the health and financial security of people. With 4 in 10 adults experiencing health care debt in America, and the majority of individuals who are in debt to hospitals having insurance, it’s clear the problem is widespread and deserves federal action.
View this resourceThis 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…
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…
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…
Why minimally-invasive care is critical to health justice Minimally-invasive care (MIC) offers ways to protect and improve oral health — while giving people options about the care they want to…
An advocacy resource on advancing community-centered oral health policy.
Having access to a full range of oral health services can improve peoples’ oral and overall health, their dental care experience, and their ability to choose the care that’s right…
Minimally-Invasive Care and a Representative Oral Health Workforce Introduction When traditional dental procedures — like drilling and filling cavities and pulling teeth — are medically necessary, access to them is…
Dental therapists are highly trained oral health practitioners that work with dental teams similar to the way physicians’ assistants work with medical teams. Along with providing education and preventive services,…
Minimally-Invasive Care (MIC) is effective care that’s less complex than what most people are used to. When people think of dental care, they most often imagine “traditional” dental procedures like…
The relationship between reimbursement rates and access to care with several additional policy solutions that center equity and community voice.
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