Dollars and Dentists

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 26, 2012

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

PBS,Frontline,PBS Productions,FRONTLINE,Yellow River Productions

Cast

Sarah Childress,Aurun Rath,Jill Rosenbaum,Miles O'Brien

Writer

Carla Borras,Carl Byker,Jill Rosenbaum,Megan McGough

Producer

Michael Sullivan,Missy Frederick,Arun Rath,Jill Rosenbaum,Raney Aronson-Rath,David Fanning

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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