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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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You know dental has limits right? You'll typically run up or blow by them after your first filling.
Yes. However, the vast majority of dental issues can be solved by regular dentist appointments.
In addition, I'm pretty sure people are straight up making up stuff. Spending $700 before you break even on dental insurance is straight up fiction.
I openly question how many people in their 30s (or late 20s) are in this thread. A lot of this narrative simply isn't true for most people that age.
Also OPs parents were boomers who had children in their 30s they were most likely more affluent than average boomers
My last two companies, the dental plan was $50/mo (or a total of $600/yr). Other than having only a $25 copay for cleaning, it was between 10% and 20% coinsure with a $1000 limit.
That means optimistically, I needed to spend about $2500 to break even on the most optimistic coinsure, and my benefits disappeared after I spent $5000 (and only would cost the insurance company $400 if I spent every penny).
I literally mathed it out in a year I needed 2 root canals and it would have been cheaper to NOT have the plan. And that was before I discovered the fact my office had special "uninsured assistance" that wasn't driven by income.
Many Dental plans are an absolute scam. Part of the problem on them is that most people in some areas ONLY get dental insurance if they know they're going to need it. Makes it hard to have a price that works. It's part of why I have always supported government-paid insurance for medical and dental issues.
Okay so if you're actually not lying, then opt out of your insurance plan and buy a delta dental plan via their exchange or the website. It's quite literally half the cost and comes with free preventative services.
I kinda thought I'd stop hearing the constant bad-faith accusations when I left reddit. I suppose not.
Just went to the Delta site and checked my state. The ONLY plan in my state they have that covers non-trivial work is $60/mo with a maximum coverage of $1000. The 80% (I know Delta employees... no dentist I would use is in their network) coverage after copay is nice, but you're still paying $700+ out of pocket for a potential $1000 total coverage. And unless you think I'm lying about the "Uninsured discount", it means if my dentist gives me a $300 discount on work for being uninsured (they do), I still end up ahead.
So thank you for implying I'm lying and then giving me the directions to prove my point.