Lack of Dental Coverage Hampers Medicaid Recipients, Suit Says
“Now, Mr. Ciaramella, 57, is one of the lead plaintiffs in a class-action suit filed Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan against the New York State Department of Health for the Medicaid program’s categorical ban on dental implants and limits on replacement dentures. The Legal Aid Society and Willkie Farr & Gallagher filed the suit, saying the state is denying medically necessary treatments for thousands of low-income New Yorkers.”