Patient Power

HR 3962 limits competition for dental benefits

Bob Mook of the Denver Business Journal describes how the House Bill (HR3962) would limit competition and force patients to give up their children’ speciality dental plans:

Kate Paul, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Colorado, said that the House’s health care reform proposal would disrupt dental coverage for more than 815,000 Colorado children, limit competition for dental benefits and splinter patient-dentist relationships all over the state.

Paul said while she applauds Congress for tackling health care reform, she takes issue with a provision in the House bill that forces families receiving government subsidies for insurance to purchase children’s dental insurance from medical insurers, not specialty dental insurers like Delta Dental.

Essentially, politicians are saying that they know what’s best for parents when it comes to how they pay for their own children’s dental care.

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