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Kansans push to fix rural dental care access and funding
The article outlines Dentists' access issues across Kansas, noting Mission of Mercy clinics treated nearly 28,000 people and highlighting a high cost barrier. It cites Kansas officials and providers describing a cash and carry system, Medicaid reimbursement cuts, and proposals for a dental school and midlevel dental therapists to expand care, especially in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission of Mercy
Pittsburg
Moore
Hutchinson
Cathleen Taylor-Osborne
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Oral Health
Sam Brownback
Taylor- Osborne
Hays
Melinda
Miner
Kansas
Taylor-Osborne
Ness County
Headrick
Meade
Barber County
Harper
Pratt
Wichita
Oklahoma
Wichita County Economic Development Inc
Diana Kirk
E. Joanne Brown
Arkansas
Colorado
Sandlin
Dodge City
Creighton University Dental School
Nebraska
Tulsa
Okla
Meade County
Prairie Star Health Center
Bryan Brady
First Care Clinic
The
Kansas Association For
First Care
Brady
Topeka
House Health and Human Services Committee
Ellis County
PrairieStar
Scott Rohr
Emily Knee
Rohr
Air Force
Tanya Dorf Brunner
Oral Health Kansas Inc
Dorf Brunner
Alaska
Minnesota
Kansas Association of Counties
Aarp-Kansas
Americans For Prosperity
AFP
Jeff Glendening
Kansas Dental Board
Kansas Dental Association
KDHE
Lane Hemsley
University of Missouri- Kansas City Dental School