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ADA Issues Statement on Senate Finance Committee's Action on SCHIP
Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, August 9th, 2007
Although the American Dental Association is disappointed that the Senate Finance Committee, at a mark-up today, did not include a dental benefit guarantee in its version of legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the association is pleased that the committee accepted language to provide $200 million in grants to the states to address problems in children's access to dental care.
"This provision is a good step in the right direction," said ADA President Kathleen Roth, D.D.S., "but obviously, more needs to be done."
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) will offer their amending language...
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