Medicaid and Dental Care for Children

Low-income children still short on good dental care, By Pohla Smith, June 16, 2010, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Nearly 104,000 children in Allegheny County are covered by Medicaid, yet even though they are required to enroll in a managed care organization, a new study suggests a significant percentage of them did not see a dentist in 2009. The online report by the Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health found that Medical Assistance covered about 1 million, or 35.5 percent, of all Pennsylvania children last year. Only 42.8 percent of children enrolled in managed care had an annual visit to a dentist…”