The Economy and it effects on Dental Care.
For low income people seeing a dentist in California and across the nation is becoming more and more difficult. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently approved the reduction of a number of Medi-Cal benefits including dental care for adults.
On top of that people have been losing their jobs due to the poor economy. Those that are employed have employers that have been decreasing their coverages because cost is getting so high. Benefits like dental are being cut. In the South and Metro Service Areas of Los Angeles, nearly 80 percent are without dental coverage.
