Medicaid: Problems
n Poor Children missing  basic dental care- Medicaid Study-
American Medical News 1991
n Medicaid programs fail to provide basic dental services to
poor children as required by “EPSDT”
u -inadequate services
u -fail to meet fed guidelines
n Evaluated NY, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Mississippi, and
Nevada, half of the children on Medicaid
n Medicaid patients received fewer services than those
provided to other patients; reason cited low Medicaid
reimbursement