Dental health affects medical health strongly, so why is it not fully insured?

if you have ever gone to a dentist, you will often see that the "coverages" of your insurance does not cover "__" "___" and especially "___"...there are always extra charges and many people I know avoid the dentist because they cannot afford care. It has been known since the early 70's that poor gum and teeth health can cause arterioschlerosis and extreme toxicity that causes heart disease...many of the people who have had heart attacks are also people who could not or did not maintain their "oral health".... You can see a doctor for an agreeable fee and get taken care of at an affordable level, but honestly, get some dental work done and it can break you...why has not not ever changed?
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I'm not sure there has been a consensus about the link between dental health and overall health until pretty recently. Not too long ago, Congress passed a Mental Health Parity Act that provides some equal treatment of mental health and general health. Specifically, it says that, with some notable exceptions, health plans have to provide the same annual and lifetime coverage maximums for mental health as they do for general medical coverage. I think that as the evidence mounts regarding the importance of dental health, the same thing will happen with dental insurance. Already, some health plans are starting to include dental and vision without raising the price of insurance much at all. The two plans that come to mind are "Tonik" by Blue Cross Blue Shield and "Sound" from Unicare. I agree though that affordable access to health care is just not possible for most people in the US. Barnes@MostChoice http://www.mostchoice.com/health-insuran…
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