Part of that is because the legacy SCHIP program covered kids at relatively high income levels. I do have friends with kids on Medicaid in the north part of the state and they have to travel down to Everett to take one kid to the orthodontist.
I know that the Apple Health kids here sometimes get orthodontic treatment but I don’t know where.
There is Medicaid insurance for orthodontists? Last I knew this was a non-insurance item, like plastic surgery.