Dentists hesitate to treat kids on Medicaid: study

Dentists hesitate to treat kids on Medicaid: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dentists were less willing to see kids who needed an emergency appointment if they were covered by Medicaid than if they had private insurance in a new study based in Cook County, Illinois.

Even dental practices that were enrolled in the state’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program were more willing to treat a kid with private insurance than one enrolled in the state’s plan for low-income families according to the findings, which are published in Pediatrics…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43131717/ns/health/t/dentists-hesitate-treat-kids-medicaid-study/

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