{"id":18793,"date":"2021-09-09T08:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T12:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18793"},"modified":"2021-09-09T08:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T12:56:46","slug":"congress-is-considering-adding-dental-benefits-to-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18793","title":{"rendered":"Congress is considering adding dental benefits to Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package currently under consideration by Congress, Medicare would cover two dental cleanings a year for beneficiaries starting in 2028, along with other preventive services.\u00a0 The legislation would also provide dental treatments such as extractions, root canals, and x-rays. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/house-democrats-seek-to-add-dental-benefits-to-medicare-by-2028-as-part-3-5t-package\">here <\/a>for more details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15015\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package currently under consideration by Congress, Medicare would cover two dental cleanings a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentaloral-health","category-legislative-update","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18794,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793\/revisions\/18794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}