{"id":8878,"date":"2016-08-02T17:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T21:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2016-08-12T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T21:30:12","slug":"dentists-concerned-with-medicaid-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/08\/02\/dentists-concerned-with-medicaid-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentists Concerned With Medicaid Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/12\/02\/gop-senators-dont-plan-expanded-medicaid-block\/medicaid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?fit=367%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"367,255\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"medicaid\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?fit=367%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?resize=300%2C208\" alt=\"medicaid\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?w=367&amp;ssl=1 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nGovernor Matt Bevin&#8217;s proposed changes to the state&#8217;s Medicaid program would end routine dental and vision coverage for able-bodied adults in a state where more than half of the population over 18 have had a tooth extracted because of decay or gum disease.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bevin administration officials say the changes will only apply to able-bodied adults. Dental and vision benefits for children, pregnant women, medically frail adults and adults who qualify for the traditional Medicaid program will not change. And they say able-bodied adults won&#8217;t lose access to routine dental services because they can earn those benefits back by taking a health assessment, volunteering or getting a job.<\/p>\n<p>But dentists and health advocates worry the changes will discourage people from getting the type of care that can prevent more painful and expensive health problems.<br \/>\nSource:  AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Matt Bevin&#8217;s proposed changes to the state&#8217;s Medicaid program would end routine dental and vision coverage for able-bodied adults in a state where more than half of the population over 18 have had a tooth extracted because of decay or gum disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":2354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/medicaid.jpg?fit=367%2C255&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-2jc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 21:29:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8879,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878\/revisions\/8879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}