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Is Gov. Butch Otter An Anti-Dentite?

Dentists in Idaho aren't happy with comments made by Gov. Butch Otter during a televised debate on NewsChannel 7 Wednesday evening. The comments refer to the new company that is handling Medicaid dental claims for Idaho. DentaQuest has cut an estimated 150 to 200 dentists from its network that will no longer be reimbursed for Medicaid claims come Nov. 1. The governor says those doctors were over-providing, while dentists say they're being unfairly painted as fraudulent, and now access to care will suffer/Justin Corr, KTVB. More here.

Question: Are you an anti-dentite?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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