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Healthcare Reform – what is the impact of this? Inefficiencies in healthcare Dental Care Access to dental providers—why no Fridays? Consider evening hours Serious problems with dental health when there is no dental provider for the whole family. Lack of regular dental care has very negative impact on health Fewer people have dental insurance or the coverage is poor No dental schools in ND Dentists not accepting new patients No dental access for Medicaid patients ER Services Location of the ER Sanford ER needs a new ER shouldn’t be where people go for their routine care Reduced cost dental resources: RRV Dental Access – 701-364-5364 Family HealthCare Center – Mental Health resources: See section on Physical/Mental Health (page 9) Availability and/or cost of dental and/or vision care 3.76 4.02 Availability and/or cost of dental and/or vision insurance 3.76 4.00 Coordination of care 3.05 4.00 Availability of mental health services and providers <3.00 3.98 Use of emergency services for primary health care 3.28 3.86 Time it takes to get an appointment 3.06 3.52 Availability of doctors, nurses, and/or specialists 3.24 3.47