Has any candidate come out in support of expansion of Medicare to cover basic dental care?

[CTyankee]

I mean like a yearly cleaning, oral diseases, procedures that are necessary to maintain oral health, not cosmetics.

Just went to the dentist: $155 for cleaning, $65 for x-rays. I declined the x-rays since the hygeneist didn't indicate an underlying condition.

[Recursion]

1. He polled at 3% and dropped out yesterday

Also behavioral health and optometry.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Also Bernie Sanders, who has held hearings on dental care going back years. His plan covers dental.

Always has. Also Bernie has always supported equality under the law, and it has been the lack of equality under the law that caused the most health care issues for many Americans.

[SamKnause]

2. This country does not care if you have teeth or if you can see.

I don't think they know that your teeth (mouth) and eyes are part of your body.

[NowSam]

3. I think that Bernie' covers all

And it's a huge issue. Dental is so expensive. But everyone knows that. I thought I heard Bernie explain that his plan would cover medical, dental, optical.

[Senator Tankerbell]

4. Bernie's proposal includes basic dental care.

Obviously we don't know if that would ultimately be included in the final legislation but he is in favor of it.

He's been focusing on this issue for a while now.
http://www.thenation.com/article/taking-dental-crisis-qa-bernie-sanders/

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s570

[restorefreedom]

5. bernie's plan includes dental

https://berniesanders.com/issues/medicare-for-all/

7th paragraph, bottom. dental included

[angrychair]

6. Clinton's plan

Is "if you like what you got, you can keep it" if you got nothing...it is yours.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Bernie Sanders has been on that issue for years, here is an interview from 2012 regarding hearings

on health care including dental.
Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders

Students miss 50 million hours of school each year because of dental problems. A hearing Wednesday confronts the crisis.
Greg Kaufmann: Dental disease has been called “the silent epidemic” or “the hidden healthcare crisis.” Is that how you would characterize it?

Senator Bernie Sanders: Absolutely. We have a real crisis both in terms of access to affordable dental care—and not only for lower-income Americans but for many in the middle-class as well—and the consequences of a lack of treatment.

Let’s be clear. There are nearly 50 million Americans living in places where it’s difficult to access dental care, and 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance coverage. As a nation, I think it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when one-fourth of US adults over 65 have lost all of their teeth. What that means for that generation is that they didn’t get proper dental care and their teeth were yanked, rather than being treated. And it’s a sad state of affairs that we have only 45 percent of Americans age 2 and older who saw a dentist in the last twelve months.
http://www.thenation.com/article/taking-dental-crisis-qa-bernie-sanders/

[CTyankee]

10. Thank you! Very exhaustive. I appreciate it a lot.

My dental and optical treatments are full pay as we no longer have that insurance from before we retired. I go every two years for eye exam and once a year for a dental cleaning. Full price.

[Hoyt]

9. He's promising everything. Would be nice, but I'm not counting on it.