Dentist Association Takes Scalpel to Medicare Proposal

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America's largest dentist lobby group has a plan for Democrats' hallmark $3.5 trillion domestic policy bill: extraction.

As part of the package, party leaders want to extend dental benefits to the 60 million older and disabled Americans on Medicare. But the American Dental Association said yesterday it wants a compromise that would pluck out the perk only for those who are really strapped for cash.

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