Here are three things to note:
- More than 85% of Medicare Advantage plans offered dental benefits, but only 8% offered comprehensive benefits, the study found.
- Around 35% of plans offered no-co pay or coinsurance for preventive services.
- Around 4% of MA beneficiaries are enrolled in plans with comprehensive benefits. The small number of comprehensive benefits could explain why only around half of MA beneficiaries visit a dentist annually, the study’s authors wrote, a similar percentage to those enrolled in traditional Medicare.
The study was written by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.
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