About The Study: Although Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer and directly market supplemental benefits for dental and vision services, veterans enrolled in MA used these services with the same frequency as veterans in traditional Medicare (TM). Moreover, MA plans spent only modestly more on dental services and vision services for veterans than TM, including for emergency dental services. After accounting for private insurance plans used by TM enrollees and out-of-pocket spending, total spending on dental services was no different for veterans in MA vs TM.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, José F. Figueroa, MD, MPH, email jfigueroa@hsph.harvard.edu.
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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.7753)
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