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Minnesota Dental Therapists

A new mid-level provider raised low-income dental access.

Labor & WagesState HouseLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

B · 18/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

License dental therapists to serve the underserved.

2 · The realist counter-case

Dentist groups opposed scope expansion.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

First U.S. license (2009); MDH found cost-effective care, shorter waits, no quality hit.

4 · Liberty check

Liberty-expanding scope reform.

5 · The real tradeoff

Evidence favors the policy.

Allies & Playbook

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