Thousands of Californians are getting set up with dentalinsurance through the Golden State’s Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act marketplace.
The executive director of Covered California, the state’sinsurance exchange, told Kaiser Health News that 33,000 adultshave signed up for dental insurance.
Although California has embraced most of PPACA, accepting thefederally-funded Medicaid expansion and setting up its ownexchange, it is one of the last states to offer dental insurancethrough its exchange. Washington State, another strongly Democraticstate, remains the only state without a dental plan in itsmarketplace. However, PPACA mandates that dental be included inhealth plans for children.
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