ADA Reviews the Senator Sanders ambitious bill.
The Association cited “many provisions in your bill that we enthusiastically support” and offered to work with Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) in crafting his proposed Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012.
The senator held a Feb. 29 Senate hearing on the “Dental Crisis in America: The Need to Expand Success” and shared with the Association a draft bill he expects to introduce. Speaking June 1 at the site of a dental clinic soon to open in Springfield, Vt., Sen. Sanders said that “more must be done in Vermont and the nation to address the national crisis” and that he would offer legislation to address access problems.
The ADA thanked the senator in a June 5 letter “for your efforts to break down the barriers that impede tens of millions of Americans from receiving regular dental care, many of whom suffer from chronic yet preventable dental diseases” and offered a section-by-section review of the draft bill.
