Why do I need teeth again?

[firelizard5]

 Things you really, really don't want to hear at the dentists office:

• She's bleeding, I need more gauze. 
• That's not good. 
• It looks like I'm going to have to cut back your gums
• Now you may see some smoke coming from your mouth. That's normal. 

But the absolute, number one thing you don't want to here:

• It seems that the insurance has rejected your claim

Comments

[scifiben]

Isn't there something in the new healthcare law that would make this illegal? Or at least a provision that would allow President Obama to go to the local BCBS offices and punch someone in the face on your behalf?

Also, maybe there's some other health plan you could switch to that is slightly less inimical to human life?

[firelizard5]

Alas, the Obama-Punch-to-the-Face provision applies only to health insurance, not dental. Its a damn shame.

My current insurance is provided through my mother, so I don't really have a prospect of changing. I turn 23 next year, though, and get booted off, so I will do my best to change companies when I buy my own coverage.

[elwood012]

Did not know that RE dental insurance...

Anyways, due to HCR, you will actually be eligible to stay on your parents' insurance for three more years if you would like to/need to, but given how things have gone so far, have you inquired regarding insurance benefits at your current job?

[firelizard5]

Really? I thought that was one of the delayed bits of HCR.

I am not benefits-eligible, nor am I likely to get a job that makes me so.

[elwood012]

It kicks in on September 23 2010, so it is one of the earliest provisions.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/12/news/economy/health_care_dependents/
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1914020220100319

Some insurers, including the BCBS association, are also starting implementation early.

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/04/20100420c.html

[scifiben]

Yeah, it always struck me as absurd that everything dental must be handled separately from everything else related to one's health.

[firelizard5]

For that matter, why must we also handle eye care separately? I'd like an all-in-one insurance plan/service center myself.