We recently received a well-written brochure about the Pediatric Dental Essential Health Benefit (EHB) — Click here. Although the guide was produced by United Health Care (UHC) and we write dental and health insurance policies with many other carriers, it contains some really useful information about how the pediatric dental EHB will work in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We have put up UHC’s guide under our Free
Pediatric Dental Benefit in Virginia under Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health insurance plans to cover ten essential health benefits (EHB). One such EHB is pediatric dental care. It sounds simple enough: “pediatric dental care” means providing oral health care for children. But it turns out there are many questions — and few concrete answers — about exactly how the pediatric dental EHB will work in Virginia. Here is some of what we do know: