Restoration of Medicaid Dental Benefit Urged

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, by Bryan Thompson

A coalition of health care advocates is urging Kansas lawmakers to restore dental coverage for adults in the Medicaid program. As Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, budget cuts forced the state to suspend that coverage last year.

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