Medicare Dental Benefits On Precarious Path In Reconciliation

The idea of removing Medicare benefit expansions from the reconciliation package might be gaining traction on Capitol Hill: After the House Budget chair reportedly suggested the new benefits be left out, two think tanks are now floating pared-down packages that exclude the benefits and one is talking with centrist Democrats about the idea; and a stakeholder said the White House is looking at offering dental cards as a quicker way to get coverage to the Medicare population. Yet Senate Budget...