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Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter

High cost of dental education is behind sharp increase in the number of “dental deserts” in the…

Dental therapists are beginning to fill the gap

Dec 18, 2018

High cost of dental education is behind sharp increase in the number of “dental deserts” in the…

Dec 18, 2018

Wendell Potter

63 Million in U.S.

In Response, Several States and Tribal Communities Are Adding a Mid-Level Practitioner to the Dentist-Led Team

Oct 31, 2018

63 Million in U.S.

Oct 31, 2018

Wendell Potter

Michigan Lawmakers, Concerned About Growing Lack of Access to Dental Care in the State, May Soon…

Michigan could become the next in a growing list of states to authorize the use of midlevel dental practitioners, called dental therapists…

Sep 25, 2018

Michigan Lawmakers, Concerned About Growing Lack of Access to Dental Care in the State, May Soon…

Sep 25, 2018

Wendell Potter

People travel hundreds of miles for free medical care in Appalachia.

Wise, Virginia is not a place that’s easy to get to. It’s 50 miles from the nearest interstate and almost 70 miles from the nearest…

Sep 5, 2018

People travel hundreds of miles for free medical care in Appalachia.

Sep 5, 2018

Wendell Potter

The Number One Chronic Illness Among Our Children Will Surprise You

Eighteen years ago, then U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher alerted the country to an epidemic that was causing “needless pain and…

Jun 28, 2018

The Number One Chronic Illness Among Our Children Will Surprise You

Jun 28, 2018

Wendell Potter

A Health Care Crisis That’s Getting Worse But Still Largely Ignored by the Media

America has a health care crisis that few people talk about. And even though it affects more than one of every three of us, year in and…

Jun 6, 2018

A Health Care Crisis That’s Getting Worse But Still Largely Ignored by the Media

Jun 6, 2018

Wendell Potter

Fewer Arizonans Will Have to Go to Mexico for Dental Care, Thanks to Bill Signed by Governor

Tens of thousands of Arizona residents pour across the Mexican border every year to get dental care they can’t afford closer to home. Fewer…

May 17, 2018

Fewer Arizonans Will Have to Go to Mexico for Dental Care, Thanks to Bill Signed by Governor

May 17, 2018

Wendell Potter

States developing solutions to ‘dental deserts’ problem

Access to dental care is a serious and worsening health problem is in rural America. But now many states are beginning to enact legislation…

Mar 23, 2018

States developing solutions to ‘dental deserts’ problem

Mar 23, 2018

Wendell Potter

Momentum increases in states to expand dental workforce

With growing momentum to allow midlevel professionals — called dental therapists — to practice in the United States, a tipping point could…

Feb 26, 2018

Feb 26, 2018

Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter is a former health insurance executive, author of Deadly Spin and Nation on the Take, and founder of Tarbell.org, a new journalism organization.

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