DentaQuest Newsroom and Blog (Massachusetts)
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2022
September
21,
2022
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13:30 PM
America/New_York
DentaQuest President Steve Pollock and his wife Susan, recently received the Friend & Leader Award by the Massachusetts Association of Mental Health (MAMH). This award recognizes individuals whose work contributes to progress in awareness, health pro...
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2020
July
02,
2020
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
DentaQuest and the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement today announced a joint $2 million commitment to the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund, created by a coalition of Black and Brown corporate leaders in Massachu...
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May
19,
2020
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09:31 AM
America/New_York
The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, a nonprofit organization working to transform the broken health care system and enable better health through oral health, today announced a new partnership with Community Care Cooperative (C3), ...
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2019
September
16,
2019
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09:16 AM
America/New_York
As a white woman – well educated, well off, and living in the Boston area – I have only experienced the inequities of our healthcare system once, and it was on behalf of our African-American son.
Eleven years ago, our fourth child joined our f...
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2017
June
06,
2017
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09:28 AM
America/New_York
For the second straight year, DentaQuest is participating in the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Disparities Leadership Program. Last year, DentaQuest became the first oral health organization to be accepted into the program. Over the next 12 months...
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2011
May
06,
2011
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08:44 AM
America/New_York
This week, two news stories caught my eye. One, in the Washington Post, was about a vote taken in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction. The other, in the Worcester, MA Telegram & Ga...
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April
29,
2011
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09:17 AM
America/New_York
Ask any American what they think about healthcare reform and, for better or worse, you’ll probably find very strong opinions about the role of government and spending. However, backstage, away from the public debate about the new law, a quiet revolu...
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March
07,
2011
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15:59 PM
America/New_York
This February, U.S. District Court Justice Rya W. Zobel ended 5-years of court oversight of the MassHealth (Medicaid) dental care program for low-income children. This is a milestone to celebrate. In 2005, as the conclusion to a class action la...
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2010
April
20,
2010
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07:32 AM
America/New_York
The plan, presented at the Massachusetts State House by the Better Oral Health for Massachusetts Coalition on April 12, is the result of over a year and a half of work by a dental care providers, program sponsors, lawmakers, state officials, insurers...
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