Brief: Expanding Medicare to Include Dental: A Path to Better Oral Health in Nursing Facilities

Justice in Aging's newly released issue brief, "Expanding Medicare to Include Dental: A Path to Better Oral Health in Nursing Facilities", examines how adding an oral health benefit to Medicare Part B would help to improve access to oral health care and health outcomes for residents in nursing facilities. The issue brief also puts forth policy recommendations to address barriers beyond coverage that impede access to oral health care for residents. This issue brief is the third in a series of papers that examine how to address barriers in access to care and oral health outcomes among certain groups of Medicare enrollees. These briefs build on the issue brief, "Creating an Oral Health Benefit in Medicare: A Statutory Analysis," where Justice in Aging provided an analysis of the statutory changes required to add an oral health benefit to Medicare Part B.