A new national poll showed that 92% of national voters support adding dental coverage to Medicare.
Approximately 50% of all Medicare enrollees do not have dental coverage, and nearly 24 million individuals on Medicare have not visited a dentist within the last 12 months, according to a July 16 news release from CareQuest.
According to the poll, 85% of respondents who voted for Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020 and 99% of respondents who voted for the Democratic candidate in 2016 and 2020 would support adding a dental benefit to Medicare.
Dental care ranked the highest on the list of services that voters want to see added to Medicaid.
More than 90% of respondents want the expanded coverage to include dental services for veterans and 74% support adding dental benefits to Medicaid at either the state or federal level.
The results of the poll were commissioned by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health and the Oral Health Progress and Equity Network. The poll used a representative survey of 1,000 registered voters across the U.S., the release said.