Aetna Medicare Advantage plans match the coverage of Original Medicare and offer additional benefits, including dental care. Some plans cover preventive dental care, and others extend coverage to ...

A new study reveals that restrictive features in Medicare Advantage (MA) dental plans may create barriers to dental care access for seniors, despite the plans’ intended purpose of expanding coverage.

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

This article discusses the differences between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage to help you understand which type ...

Two common misconceptions about Medicare are that it doesn’t cover dental care and that beneficiaries need to pay all dental expenses out of pocket. This may explain why even though most older adults ...

Even if you’ve been fortunate enough to have a healthy smile, oral health becomes more of an issue as we age. There aren’t many numbers on how many seniors go to the dentist, but almost half of all ...

Oral disease is common among US adults older than age 65, with 20 percent having untreated cavities and nearly 70 percent experiencing gum disease. Poor oral health is linked to conditions such as ...

Original Medicare has limited dental coverage. However, Medicare Advantage plans often cover additional benefits, which may include dental treatment. Private insurers administer Medicare Advantage ...

Dear Toni: I am currently on COBRA with dental benefits. I will need dental insurance when I lose my COBRA benefits after enrolling in Medicare at age 65 in March. The only dental plans I am finding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S ...