MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – This week is Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, an important time period that could save you money, whether you’re on Medicare or not. Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries time, stress, their medical identities, and potentially their health. It costs […]
Prevention
America’s Oral Health Is Improving Thanks to Better Prevention, Expanded Access to Care
On Feb. 28, 2007, The Washington Post reported a tragedy: “Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday. A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him. If his mother had been insured. If his family had not lost its Medicaid. If Medicaid dentists weren’t so hard to find.” Deamonte’s […]