Tuesday, May 02, 2006
(Hartford-AP, Apr. 30, 2006 10:50 AM) _ Dental advocates said they're disappointed a budget compromise reached by the Governor Rell and Democrats doesn't include any money to improve dental care.
Monette Goodrich of the Connecticut Health Foundation says The Day of New London that few private dentists would serve children with the state health insurance because reimbursement rates are very low.
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote today on the sixteen-point-one billion dollar budget compromise that was reached yesterday.
But the budget does not include ten million dollars for increase dental reimbursement rates for the first time during 1993. Currently, the state pays 17 dollars to a private dentist who actually examines a child with state health insurance. That would have increased to 37 dollars under the plan.
Dental clinics that serve low-income patients had long waiting lists, and many are operating at a deficit.
Monette Goodrich of the Connecticut Health Foundation says The Day of New London that few private dentists would serve children with the state health insurance because reimbursement rates are very low.
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote today on the sixteen-point-one billion dollar budget compromise that was reached yesterday.
But the budget does not include ten million dollars for increase dental reimbursement rates for the first time during 1993. Currently, the state pays 17 dollars to a private dentist who actually examines a child with state health insurance. That would have increased to 37 dollars under the plan.
Dental clinics that serve low-income patients had long waiting lists, and many are operating at a deficit.
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