Now that the Affordable Care Act is in effect, the AAPD is collecting information on the types (embedded or stand-alone) of dental plans in your state, the new children you are seeing as a result of the ACA, your response to participating in the new exchange plans and your questions regarding the ACA. AAPD would love to hear about your experiences, your patients’ experiences and everything in between. Please share your stories with us so that we can gather information on how the various-run state exchanges are performing. We hope that gathering this information will help us identify issues that will, in turn, be used to help you and your patients. For additional information, see links below or contact AAPD Dental Benefits Director Mary Essling at messling@aapd.org or (312) 337-2169.

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Guidance for families purchasing ACA pediatric dental insurance:

• AAPD Consumer Guidance
• ADA ACA Consumer Checklist

ACA analysis of interest to AAPD members:

• PDT article on how ACA will impact pediatric dental practices
• ADA ACA Analysis
  • March 2014 Health Policy Institute Report
  • April 2014 Health Policy Institute Report
  • May 2014 Health Policy Institute Report
  • August 2014 Health Policy Institute Report 1
  • August 2014 Health Policy Institute Report 2
  • February 2015 Health Policy Institute Report
  • Info Graphic: ACA SADP Take-Up Rates by State
  • Info Graphic: Dental Coverage Options in ACA

Health Insurance Exchange Website:

• HealthCare.gov is the federally-facilitated or partnership health insurance exchange website for 34 states, and features links to the state-run exchanges for the other 16 states plus the District of Columbia

Guidance on Essential Health Benefits and State Benchmarks:

• NHLP Update (March 2015)
• CMS EHB Summary Page (contains information for each state)