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    Vol 40, Issue 5 (May-June 2019)

    Vol. 40 Issue 5  

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    Examining Medicare and Oral Health Coverage

    This article by Wey-Wey Kwok takes a critical look at Medicare and the issue of oral health coverage denials that have been encountered by Medicare beneficiaries who need dental services to medically manage or treat an underlying and immediate injury, illness, or disease.

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    Kaiser Family Foundation Report Drills Down on Seniors and Dental Care

    By Carole Fleck

    There’s nothing to smile about in this Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report: Nearly two-thirds of people on Medicare had no dental coverage in 2016, the year of an analysis, and almost one in two hadn’t seen a dentist in a year.

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    Elder

    WINGS Groups Take Off

    Leaders of 15 multidisciplinary problem-solving groups driving adult guardianship reform and promoting less restrictive options met in April in Washington, D.C., in the Second National WINGS Coordinators Forum. Sponsored by the ABA Commission on Law and Aging and funded by the Administration for Community Living, these Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) leaders spent two days learning from each other and sharing best practices for overcoming obstacles and insufficient resources. Read more here.