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Affordable Care Act and oral health: ADA analysis of impact.

Affordable Care Act and oral health: ADA analysis of impact The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” shorthanded as the ACA and as this report will refer to it, has the potential to reshape health care in America. Expansion of medical insurance coverage, a move toward more integrated care delivery and significant changes in the financing of health care are among the expectations of ACA legislators and regulators. The Association’s primary focus has been the law’s potential effects on dentistry and the delivery of dental services to patients. Introduced by ADA President Dr. Robert A. Faiella, this first in a continuing series of ADA News Q-and-A sessions is intended to update information on certain aspects of the ACA and its potential effects on dentistry and the oral health of the American public. This series begins with some preliminary questions regarding ACA implementation and a short retrospective look. Additional Q-and-A reports will follow and will look ahead to potential effects of the ACA in 2014 and beyond. Going forward, it is important that the Association answer questions of most concern to members. To facilitate this dialogue, the Association invites ACA implementation questions at the dedicated healthreform@ada.org email address.