The revenue forecast has been released and legislators are putting together their preliminary budgets.
Now is the time to send a message to legislators: Click here for a simple tool to find your legislators and urge them to restore dental coverage for low-income adults.
More than 450,000 Medicaid-eligible adults lost dental coverage due to state budget cuts in 2011. It is time to reverse that “forced error.”
Too often the seriousness of dental problems is overlooked, as if the mouth is somehow disconnected from the body. But oral health is essential to overall health.
Dental care is also an economic issue because low-income adults can’t get jobs if they are in pain or have obvious dental decay. In addition, people suffering from the extreme pain of a toothache will seek expensive ER care, if they can’t get care in a dental chair. This drives up healthcare costs for taxpayers.
Email your legislators today and tell them providing dental care for low-income adult is the right thing to do.
Oral Health Watch
2 days ago
Discrimination, income, education, and where a person lives, works, and plays can have as much impact on health outcomes as behavior and health care access. When we address these social determinants, we move closer toward achieving health equity. #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
3 days ago
Maintaining the Apple Health dental program and DentistLink are smart investments that help people stay healthy, working, and connected to the care they need. It’s good health policy, good public policy, and the right thing to do. #waleg #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
4 days ago
When public and private partners align, oral health care access becomes attainable. DentistLink - a public–private partnership between Washington state (@wa_health_care), Arcora Foundation, and @projectaccessnorthwest - helps connect Apple Health–insured and uninsured Washington residents find ...dental care near them. #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
4 days ago
Oral health is essential to overall health. Maintaining investments in the Apple Health dental program and DentistLink - proven tools that help people access care, stay healthy, and remain productive. It’s smart health policy and the right thing to do. #waleg #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
5 days ago
Oral health care access can change a life. DentistLink helps Apple Health–insured and uninsured Washington residents find a dentist near them so care is timely and within reach. #OralHealth #AppleHealth #WALeg #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
6 days ago
A healthy smile is about more than teeth; it’s about confidence, dignity, and overall health. Apple Health dental program investments help families access preventive care and treatment when they need it most. Please urge Washington legislators to maintain these investments. It’s good health ...policy and the equitable choice. #WALeg #AppleHealth #OralHealth #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
1 weeks ago
Oral health care access can make a profound difference in a person’s life, relieving pain, restoring confidence, and protecting overall health. In Washington state, DentistLink helps make that access possible by connecting Apple Health-insured and uninsured residents with dentists near them, so ...finding care doesn’t depend on timing, luck, or who you know.
#OralHealth #HealthEquity #AppleHealth #Waleg #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
1 weeks ago
Everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits of good oral health free from pain, infection, and avoidable illness. That’s why Washington state legislators should maintain Apple Health oral health investments. It’s good health policy and the right thing to do. #WALeg #OralHealth #AppleHealth ...#teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
1 weeks ago
#DYK that in addition to helping uninsured and Apple Health-covered people find a dentist near them that DentistLink offers related supports like translation services and transportation to help Washingtonians get the oral health care they need? #teethmatter