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'Unacceptable': Dental care crisis leaves 2,000 people waiting as Council Bluffs clinic plans expansion
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Why it matters for dental
Council Bluffs, Iowa nonprofit clinic is expanding its dental capacity from roughly 3,500 to 8,000 patients amid a 2,000-person Medicaid waitlist; Iowa dentists cite low reimbursement rates as the reason they cannot absorb more adult Medicaid patients.
Key points
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All Care Health Center CEO Joel Dougherty reported a 2,000-person adult and child Medicaid waitlist at its Council Bluffs site.
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All Care Health Center is breaking ground on a new facility projected to cost $5.7 million and raise total patient capacity to 8,000.
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Council Bluffs Community School District lead nurse Shawna Dunn stated some students arrive in pain with no local dentist accepting their coverage.
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Public-health nonprofit Firefly partners with private-practice dentists to place children needing care after school screenings.
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