Do you have Dental Insurance? Massachusetts Ballot Question is a Consumer Protection Law
As far as ballot questions go, proponents say it should be pretty straightforward: Ensure the bulk of dental insurance premium costs find their way into patient’s mouths. Opponents contend the measure, ballot question 21-13, will increase premium...
Supporters of ballot initiative want to fix ‘a broken system’
BOSTON - A ballot question on track to go before voters in November would address "a broken system" that allows dental insurance companies to wring excessive profits from patient premiums, supporters of the measure said Wednesday. Before dropping off a final batch of...
Supporters of a Mass. ballot initiative say a ‘broken system’ is aiding dental insurers – at consumers’ expense
BOSTON — A ballot question on track to go before voters in November would address "a broken system" that allows dental insurance companies to wring excessive profits from patient premiums, supporters of the measure said Wednesday. Before dropping off a final batch of...
Dental insurance ballot question raises questions
BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Advocates are in the final push to get signatures for ballot questions. The last batch of signatures was delivered today to secure the dental insurance question on this November’s ballot. Dentists, patients, and advocates in support of the...
“Broken System” Aiding Dental Insurers, Coalition Says Ballot Question Opponents Claim It Will Push Costs Up
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 6, 2022.....A ballot question on track to go before voters in November would address "a broken system" that allows dental insurance companies to wring excessive profits from patient premiums, supporters of the measure said Wednesday. Before...
ADA, Mass Dental Society, and MA Dentists Alliance all Support Voter Initiative for Dental Insurance Reform
A direct voter referendum is slated for the November 2022 ballot in Massachusetts related to dental insurance reform. Voters will decide whether or not to establish the medical loss ratio (MLR) for dental plans at 83% and require the insurer to refund any excess...
Dental Care Ballot Question Cleared By SJC
A proposed ballot question seeking apply a spending limit on dental insurance companies survived a legal challenge, as the state's high court said Wednesday that its spending and transparency components serve a common purpose. The initiative, endorsed this week by the...
Mass. SJC Clears Dental Care Ballot Question
BOSTON (State House News Service) — A proposed ballot question seeking apply a spending limit on dental insurance companies survived a legal challenge, as the state's high court said Wednesday that its spending and transparency components serve a common purpose. The...
Dentists’ Group Declares Support For Ballot Question
The Massachusetts Dental Society stepped into the ballot question arena on Monday, endorsing a proposal to apply a spending limit on dental insurance companies that could go before voters in November. Requiring carriers of dental insurance to spend at least 83 percent...