When Open Enrollment for 2015 health insurance plans begins on November 15, 2014, it will be nice to NOT have to explain to individual and small group clients why they must pay for pediatric dental benefits even if they have no children on their policy. It’s not that we are anti-pediatric-dental-care! We love healthy teeth in kids as much as the next guy! The Trouble with Pediatric Dental Benefit in
New Virginia Law Changes Pediatric Dental Benefit for 2015
Coverage for pediatric dental care is considered an essential health benefit under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several months ago we wrote about pediatric dental coverage in Virginia (click here to read the original post). To summarize briefly, all 2014 individual and small group (50 or fewer employees) health insurance policies sold outside the federal exchange are required to include coverage for pediatric dental care. But for policies sold through
