Excellent point. I had not thought about that, but even on a fixed income, no doubt they could afford care at a dental school.
My dad is a retired dentist. He retired in January. He accepts medicaid and all other forms of insurance that people use. He practiced in southern Maryland, five miles from the P.G. Co. line. Surely, this woman receives counseling and government assistance and if she really wanted to, she could have found a dentist to help her children. My dad always worked out payment plans with those who could not afford everything up front. And I did get my teeth worked on as a child, while he attended Howard's dental school. I am truly sorry the kid died, but the media is evil for couching this problem as society's fault. She will not be blamed for failing to take care of her kids--that's what I and others on this thread are mad about.