Saturday, April 29, 2006
The American Dental Association (ADA) would join thousands of individuals and organizations across the country for observing "Cover the Uninsured Week," a national call for meaningful steps toward helping the millions of Americans who lack adequate access to health care.
"The growing body of knowledge about relationships between oral and systemic health only underscores what we already know-that oral health is essential to overall health," said ADA President Robert M. Brandjord, D.D.S. "The need for better dental access is particularly acute among children-for every child without health coverage, 2.6 children lack dental coverage."
The ADA has long advocated adequately funding existing programs, like Medicaid and SCHIP, and ensuring that those programs provide comprehensive preventive and restorative dental services to eligible people to help alleviate disparities.
The ADA also supports such commonsense, market-based solutions as expanding use of health savings and flexible spending accounts through tax and other incentives. And association health plans currently under consideration in Congress could help millions of working Americans who currently lack health coverage by making insurance benefits affordable for small employers.
"As the number of uninsured Americans increases, the need to address the problem becomes more critical," said Dr. Brandjord. "We are proud to be a 'Cover the Uninsured Week' national supporter, and we encourage our members to get involved in activities taking place in their communities."
For more information about Cover the Uninsured Week, visit http://www.covertheuninsured.org.
"The growing body of knowledge about relationships between oral and systemic health only underscores what we already know-that oral health is essential to overall health," said ADA President Robert M. Brandjord, D.D.S. "The need for better dental access is particularly acute among children-for every child without health coverage, 2.6 children lack dental coverage."
The ADA has long advocated adequately funding existing programs, like Medicaid and SCHIP, and ensuring that those programs provide comprehensive preventive and restorative dental services to eligible people to help alleviate disparities.
The ADA also supports such commonsense, market-based solutions as expanding use of health savings and flexible spending accounts through tax and other incentives. And association health plans currently under consideration in Congress could help millions of working Americans who currently lack health coverage by making insurance benefits affordable for small employers.
"As the number of uninsured Americans increases, the need to address the problem becomes more critical," said Dr. Brandjord. "We are proud to be a 'Cover the Uninsured Week' national supporter, and we encourage our members to get involved in activities taking place in their communities."
For more information about Cover the Uninsured Week, visit http://www.covertheuninsured.org.
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