In light of the recent scandals concerning the VA’s mishandling of our veterans, another unfortunate secret emerged: most of America’s veterans receive zero dental benefits or oral care from the VA.
Dr. Charles Zahedi, the founder and Clinical Director of the not-for-profit organization, Dentists for Veterans, is the very first dentist in United States to have started a pilot program to conduct a nationwide study and initiative to precisely assess the feasibility and advisability of furnishing dental care to veterans under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, who are not eligible for dental services and treatment.
By carrying out this pilot program, Dentists for Veterans will enable the Veterans Administration to better specify performance standards and metrics and processes for ensuring compliance with the hopes that these will one day be funded by federally-directed dental treatment programs. In addition, by executing this program, Dentists for Veterans will be able to rapidly identify those veterans who are completely orally disabled.
Until that funding is secured, Dentists for Veterans is rallying patriotic Americans to donate a minimum of $25 to build and furnish mobile dental facilities that will drive around America and treat veterans who lack the funds and means to get proper dental care.
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I am retired navy vet. I never understood why they never cover dental under tricare!
medicare doesn’t either
i saw in Atlanta an illegal got a free kidney transplant
Only if they are rated 100 percent disabled. It shouldn’t matter what percent disabled ypu are. Mouth infections cause a major health risk and every veteran should have dental free of charge. Medicade recipients get full dental so why can’t our veterans too?
They do if your 100% as I am. They also cover it if was part of a service connected disability.
It took almost 30 years of fighting them, but I got it.
Or 100%
Just had to pay 7k for my teeth, on 100% too
Oh yeah but welfare recipients and criminals get well taken care of in our system. Something is wrong.
Our finest sacrifice their lives for our country DAILY… our corrupt government denies them more benefits daily. Google “congressional retirement benefits” and find out what you get for risking your life by drinking, doing drugs and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing that does NOT involve lying, cheating and stealing for money. No wonder kids want to drop-out of school and join gangs… they want to be politicians.