{"id":23931,"date":"2025-01-28T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23931"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:40:22","slug":"unmet-dental-needs-of-medicare-advantage-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23931","title":{"rendered":"Unmet dental needs of Medicare Advantage members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a recently published study in the JAMA Health Forum, Medicare Advantage dental plans may create barriers to dental care access for seniors despite the plans\u2019 intended purpose of expanding coverage. Medicare Advantage Members with dental benefits reported higher rates of unmet dental needs than those with traditional Medicare. Donna Shryer reports on the findings of this study. Read Ms. Shryer\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcknights.com\/news\/medicare-advantage-dental-plans-fall-short-for-many-seniors\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mcknights.com\/news\/medicare-advantage-dental-plans-fall-short-for-many-seniors\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-16213\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral.jpg 800w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recently published study in the JAMA Health Forum, Medicare Advantage dental plans may create barriers to dental<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,6,9],"tags":[1176,61,62,94],"class_list":["post-23931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentaloral-health","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","tag-dental-care","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23931","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=23931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23932,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23931\/revisions\/23932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}