A recent history of Kaiser Health News and USA Today points out some 4,000 volunteers uninsured in Michigan who receive care in the partnership program for dentists Calhoun County. The program, funded by the private sector, requires patients to volunteer in order to gain free dental services. Whether for filling bags to the food bank or helping other nonprofits premises, such as Hi Army and the Red Cross, the program allows low-income or uninsured people of access to free dental care.
From 2014, the Affordable Care Act requires individual plans and small group sold by the exchange based on the state and the private market cover dental services for children. However, some health professionals see a need for volunteer assistance programs such as the federal law on health that extends insurance coverage to millions, does little to improve adult access to dental care. According to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 73 percent of low-income adults under 65 lack of dental coverage. The use of dental services has declined significantly since 07.
Patients participating in the volunteer program do not think like get free dental care because they put real working hours. The Calhoun County Dentists the program requires patients to volunteer four hours of care each worth $ 100. To be eligible for the volunteer program, people must lack dental coverage and earn an income below 0 percent of federal poverty level (about $ 24,000 in 2013). Before seeing a dentist, patients are also required to attend a class two hours on oral health and visit with a medical officer for health and dental screening. This limits the actual time spent with dentists.
What do you think of this type of volunteer program? Would you find it possible to spend hours volunteered in exchange for dental care or other services? Let us know below.
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