Analysis Reveals Many MA Plans Offer Inadequate Dental Coverage
Traditional Medicare doesn’t cover most dental care, which leaves consumers with the option to enroll in Medicare Advantage that provides dental care as a supplemental benefit. Previous studies have observed high out-of-pocket costs and low dental utilization rates for beneficiaries under traditional Medicare as well as Medicare Advantage. A recent analysis has determined that Medicare Advantage offers poor-quality dental coverage. Only about 8% of plans under this privatized form of Medicare provided dental benefits that met the study's quality standards. A team of researchers from Mass General Brigham conducted the analysis. For their study, the researchers assessed Medicare data from…
