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A few weeks after a Michigan woman’s death was blamed on her untreated periodontitis, a Michigan lawyer has filed a lawsuit to try to block the state’s termination of adult dental Medicaid benefits. The suit was filed by Gary Gordon in U.S. District Court on behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid beneficiaries who lost their access to dental care when the governor canceled the benefit in July.

The lawsuit claims that Michigan has not officially notified the federal government that it was discontinuing adult dental benefits under Medicaid and therefore must continue providing the benefits. According to Gordon, cutting dental benefits saved the state about $5 million, but cost it more than $16 million in matching federal funds.