Affordable Care Act and Dental Benefits | |
The National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) estimates that almost all (98 percent) of dental benefit plans are “standalone” plans—or plans sold separately from medical coverage. Although dental plans are “excepted health plans” exempt from Affordable Care Act (ACA) reforms, a provision in the ACA could require the purchase of dental coverage. [February 2013, 310 word article] |