Jones Judith A, Monopoli Michael
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Administration, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, Michigan.
Executive Director, DentaQuest Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts.
Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2017 Oct;38(9):616-624.
With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, many will be on fixed incomes and will lose dental insurance upon retirement. This article presents why a dental benefit in Medicare might save the US government money, and who would likely benefit. It details an approach to estimating costs of inclusion of a dental benefit in Medicare, and compares the proposed approach to existing proposals. Additionally, the ensuing steps needed to advance the conversation to include oral health in healthcare for the aged will be discussed.
每天有1万名婴儿潮一代步入65岁，许多人将依靠固定收入生活，退休后会失去牙科保险。本文阐述了医疗保险中的牙科福利为何可能为美国政府节省资金，以及哪些人可能从中受益。详细介绍了一种估算医疗保险中纳入牙科福利成本的方法，并将该提议的方法与现有提议进行比较。此外，还将讨论推进相关讨论以将口腔健康纳入老年人医疗保健所需的后续步骤。
