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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How can they justify not taking care of all the problems of our veterans? Isn’t this part of the human body? On the other hand, they don’t take care of anything associated with the human body so this is not anything new. GD
O.K. CHANGE IT GOP…WE ELECTED YOU LEADER’S TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR NEGLECTED HEROES…..IT’S SHOW TIME….j.t.
They should!
They will . They will cut the rest .
I don’t have dental either
Neither does medicare.
A Veteran who has served his country, dodged a bullet, and or brought home shrapnel in their bodies, and you are quibbling over a tooth being filled. GIVE ME A BREAK, Stop paying for line dancing lessons, and prostitutes and take care of these Veterans, 1000 percent Coverage, ALL MEDICAL.DENTAL.MENTAL any thing to ease their pain. Absolutely outrageously obscene way to disrespect these men and women.
Yes they do!! You have to have a high disability rating, but they do! Not a guy that just served 4 years, and got out. They take care of your teeth in boot, and while you are in.
What is the UNITED STATES coming to it is so sad we can’t even help the people that fought for our freedom but we can help other countries and bring foreigners in and they get more then the AMERICANS do that is REALLY MESSED UP