Dollars and Dentists 2012

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In a 2012 joint investigation by FRONTLINE and the Center for Public Integrity, correspondent Miles O’Brien uncovers the shocking consequences of a broken dental care system. Poor children, entitled by law to dental care, often cannot find a dentist willing to see them. Others kids receive excessive care billed to Medicaid, or major surgery for preventable tooth infections. For adults with dental disease, the situation can be just as dire and bankrupting. While millions of Americans use emergency rooms for dental care, corporate dental chains are filling the gaps in care, and in some cases have allegedly overcharged patients or loaded them with high priced credit card debt.

Release Date 2012-06-26
Runtime 54m
Directors Sam Bailey, Jim Bracciale
Producers Raney Aronson-Rath, Carl Byker, David Fanning, Missy Frederick, Gretchen Gavett, Azmat Khan, Sarah Moughty, Robin Parmelee, Arun Rath, Jill Rosenbaum, Michael Sullivan, Katie Taber, Chris Fournelle, Tim Mangini
Writers Carl Byker, Jill Rosenbaum, Megan McGough, Carla Borras