Articles from the 'Health' series

Updated Mar 18, 2015

Healthy teeth have become an unaffordable luxury for far too many senior citizens. Nearly a quarter (23%) of seniors suffer from severe periodontal disease. Limited access to dental care is rapidly becoming the most significant health crisis facing America's elders, according to Oral Health America, a non-profit group whose study A State of Decay indicates that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed to address the problem. Routine dental care is not provided under Medicare, and less than 20% of older Americans have private...