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Dental therapists could help address oral care shortage
By Anne Trautner
June 23, 2021

The Albrecht Free Clinic in West Bend gets calls daily from Medicaid patients in need of dental care.

Downplayed by the media, two very different COVID-19 outcomes for the old and young

Wisconsin stumbled early getting shots into arms. Here’s what happened.

A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools

Two very different COVID-19 responses produce different economic outcomes in Hudson, WI, and Stillwater, MN

As stimulus rules supercharge costs, pressure grows to expand the unaccountable program in Wisconsin

Legislation would provide access to hundreds of thousands of underserved Wisconsinites

Families turn to private schools as MPS ignores federal entreaties and keeps classrooms shut

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testified in favor of 2021 SB 181 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing, and Forestry on March 17, 2021.

2021 SB 181 would provide for the licensure of dental therapists, who are health care practitioners who may engage in the limited practice of dentistry.

Dentists see that adding the mid-level providers eases the care shortage, expands access and creates efficiencies

Streamlined licensing reciprocity should be made permanent and extended to other professions

They’re working and should be made permanent

Wisconsin’s small cities offer an escape for suddenly mobile metropolitan workers long cramped by a viral lockdown

In a truly horrible year, perhaps there have been planted the seeds of miracles

With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses

Governments are instrumental in wars, natural disasters and, we’ve found, pandemics.

Balancing risks with freedom

Economic impact varies widely across Wisconsin counties

Plan would take into account regional risk factors and let consumers decide