Statement by American Dental Association President William R. Calnon, DDS, on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Comprehensive Dental Reform Act
EMBARGOED UNTIL 11 A.M. EASTERN TIME THURSDAY, JUNE 7“The ADA is pleased that Senator Sanders’ bill recognizes that the barriers that impede too many Americans from attaining good oral health are numerous, and that addressing only one or a few of them will not appreciably improve what all agree is an unacceptable situation. The ADA has written to Sen. Sanders to express support for much of the bill and to offer suggestions intended to strengthen some provisions, but also to express the Association’s continued opposition to expending precious federal dollars on unproven and, we believe,