{"id":6072,"date":"2017-03-07T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6072"},"modified":"2017-03-07T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:59:09","slug":"dentistry-advocates-aim-to-fill-medicare-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6072","title":{"rendered":"Dentistry Advocates Aim To Fill Medicare Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson\u2019s tight-lipped smile hides a health care problem the 81-year-old retired nurse can\u2019t afford to correct and Medicare won\u2019t pay for.<a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/dentistry-advocates-aim-to-fill-medicare-gaps\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=44001067&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rLkDwnXgMnFzbO-UsvNfFxVg1HZSSpz2oDs6aBZUtHdmACj8YBorT4HnUEsJS6OS8UB1nfv2X7IiFY6P6uD-DdrLUBA&amp;_hsmi=44001067\" target=\"_blank\"> Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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