NDA Journal 2 Dr. Orr practices Anesthesiology and OMS in Las Vegas, is an Adjunct Professor (Surgery) at UNLV SM and Touro University SM (Jurisprudence), Professor Emeritus at UNLV SDM, and a member of the CA Bar and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Editor’s Message Daniel L. Orr II, DDS, MS (anesth), PhD, JD, MD EditorNDA@nvda.org NDAJ Exclusive: Fool Me Once, Fool Me Again... Recently the ADA released a message about the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) legislation which our organization, along with AAOMS, are working assiduously to pass. “The American Dental Association (ADA) is proud to announce that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA), H.R. 1916, the week of April 4. The ADA has been lobbying this issue for years alongside our colleagues at the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) as well as many other dental organizations. Most recently, this was one of the issues that dentists and students advocated for during Lobby Day 2022. ELSA would require all private group and individual health plans to cover medically necessary services resulting from a congenital anomaly or birth defect, including inpatient and outpatient care and reconstructive services and procedures, as well as adjunctive dental, orthodontic, or prosthodontic support. We need your help in urging your House member to vote yes. Please click here to send a message to your Representative, and please encourage other dentists you know to send messages as well. Thank you! The ADA will continue to advocate for the U.S. Senate to vote on ELSA and for the President to sign it into law.” How many dentists in the ADA deciphered that, as written, ELSA is a waste of time, a false hope? There are two words in the proposed legislation that sadly are very familiar to all dentists, especially OMS, 1
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