Medicaid and Dental Care – California

California’s dental safety net fails most clients, report says, By David Gorn, April 6, 2016, National Public Radio: “California’s dental health system for the poor is dysfunctional, according to a report by a bipartisan oversight commission.  A more vivid description comes from Pedro Nava, the commission’s chairman: ‘In California we have kids’ teeth rotting out of their heads,’ he says. ‘That’s utterly inexcusable.’  The program, Denti-Cal, ranks among state government’s greatest deficiencies, according to the report released last week by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent oversight agency. One third of the state’s population is eligible to use Denti-Cal for subsidized dental care, including more than half of the state’s children…”