Advocacy Resources
Welcome to NNOHA’s Medicaid Advocacy Resource Hub. Here, you'll find a collection of relevant research, reporting, and fact sheets. We've compiled these essential tools to help empower your advocacy efforts.
If you know of a resource that should be included here, please contact us at info@nnoha.org.
Updated on 3/28/2025
RESEARCH & REPORTING
ADA Health Policy Institute Research Brief: What Happens if Adult Medicaid Dental Goes Away
MARCH 2025
Axios Article: Medicaid cuts put adult dental care on the chopping block
MARCH 2025
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/05/medicaid-cuts-dental-care-coverage-risk
Urban Institute Brief: Health Care Providers Would Experience Significant Revenue Losses and Uncompensated Care Increases in the Face of Reduced Federal Support for Medicaid Expansion
MARCH 2025
Families USA Report: Medicaid Cuts Would Rip Away Health Coverage from Millions of Americans, Disproportionately Harming People of Color
KKF (Kaiser Family Foundation) Brief: 10 Things to Know About Medicaid
FEBRUARY 2025
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid
CareQuest Article: What Do the Changes in DC Mean for Oral Health Policy?
JANUARY 2025
https://www.carequest.org/about/blog-post/what-do-changes-dc-mean-oral-health-policy
CareQuest Research Brief: An Estimated 12 Million Children and Adults Lost Medicaid Dental Insurance after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Expired
APRIL 2024
CareQuest Visual Report: Uninsured and in Need: Uninsured and In Need: 68.5 Million Lack Dental Insurance, More May Be Coming
AUGUST 2023
https://www.carequest.org/resource-library/uninsured-and-need
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene: The Case for a Medicare Dental Benefit
OCTOBER 2022
https://dimensionsofdentalhygiene.com/case-medicare-dental-benefit
ADA Health Policy Institute, Community Catalyst, and Families USA White Paper and Webinar: Making the Case for Dental Coverage for Adults in All State Medicaid Programs
JULY 2021
CMS Slide Deck: Medicaid Adult Beneficiaries Emergency Department Visits for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions
2019
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/adult-non-trauma-dental-ed-visits.pdf
FACT SHEETS
Community Catalyst Fact Sheet: Why Medicaid Matters for Oral Health
https://communitycatalyst.app.box.com/s/se4e1zcniu6e5nlgqzjdm2q0ucs0du7j
Justice in Aging Fact Sheet: A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare
MARCH 2025
https://justiceinaging.org/a-cut-to-medicaid-is-a-cut-to-medicare-fact-sheet
CMS Fact Sheet: Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries at a Glance: Oral Health
MARCH 2023
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/2023-oral-health-at-a-glance.pdf
TOOLKITS
Community Catalyst Medicaid Defense Toolkit
Last Updated MARCH 2025
https://communitycatalyst.canto.com/v/MedicaidDefense/landing?viewIndex=0
ADA State Medicaid Advocacy Toolkit
OCTOBER 2024
American Institute of Dental Public Health: Strengthening State Medicaid Advocacy for People with Disabilities
2024
https://aidph.org/state-medicaid-advocacy/
CareQuest: Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit Toolkit for Advocates
JANUARY 2021
https://www.carequest.org/resource-library/medicaid-adult-dental-benefit-toolkit-advocates
OTHER RESOURCES
CareQuest Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Checker
https://www.carequest.org/Medicaid-Adult-Dental-Coverage-Checker
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Medicaid Advocacy Resource Hub