Health Insurance Issues

California's Broken Denti-Cal Program, Part 2

KVCR | By Ben Bradford

Published September 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM PDT

Most dentists in California refuse to accept low-income patients that receive state-subsidized dental care coverage. In part 2 of our 2-part series on Denti-Cal, Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford asks dentists why they limit treating patients with the state-supported coverage, and what California lawmakers are - and are not - doing to repair the broken program.

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Ben Bradford

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

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