Medicaid programs in many states are expanding to provide dental care for their poorest residents
For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He could not sleep, barely ate, and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets in Social Security and disability payments. So he waited for the state to roll out a program this year that offers dental care to the more than 650,000 Medicaid recipients like him who are 21 and older. Tennessee is spending about $75 million annually on the program. “Man, I thought I had made it to heaven...
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