Health insurance is expensive enough but what if you pay and still aren’t covered at all? 7 on your Side’s Michael Finney says it can and has happened.
Many people dread going to the dentist. But, for one Bay Area man, a recent visit was especially painful and it was not because of the dental drilling…. »
There are plenty of dental insurance plans that will cover dentures, but you need to plan ahead. Many but not all dental insurance plans have waiting periods from 6-18 months.
As an example: Replacing teeth with dentures is classified as major dental services. The average benefit is 50% co-insurance for your dentures. Dentures are covered by… »
Understanding the alphabet soup of dental insurance plans can be a difficult endeavor for most people. Two common insurance acronyms include PPO and HMO. Managed care plans are often either PPO or HMO, standing for preferred provider organization and health maintenance organization.
With PPO insurance plans, the companies negotiate fee schedules with dentists in exchange for… »
The Insurance Solutions division of Philadelphia, Pa.-based Lincoln Financial Group announced the expansion of its panel of dental providers…. »
Many parents aren’t aware of various routine everyday behaviors they have that contribute to tooth decay and other forms of poor dental health for their children, according to an article in the Sebeka Menehaga Review Messenger.
The paper listed some of the mistakes parents make, according to a survey by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
Some… »
Recession, depression, cutbacks and layoffs are words all too commonly heard these days in news reports and conversations. Since the beginning of the financial crisis, millions of Americans have lost their jobs and many economists are predicting that more job cuts are on the horizon.
With the loss of their jobs, Americans are not only losing… »
If you are unemployed, chances are you don’t have dental insurance. But there is a way to get state-of-the-art dental care at a huge… »
When most people think about health insurance, they think first about covering costs of treatment for serious medical conditions or accidents. That’s a natural thing to do. But there’s another type of insurance that’s equally important to your well being–dental insurance. Because dental disease is so common, being protected by dental insurance and using it… »
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a provider of employee and voluntary benefits for small and mid-sized companies, unveiled its Direct Referral program that will give dental HMO/pre-paid plan members access to any in-network specialist without pre-authorization.
The company said the move will provide faster, easier access to important treatment.
Through Guardian’s Direct Referral Program, plan… »
Humana (NYSE:HUM) is now offering individual dental insurance and vision insurance products online under the umbrella of its individual health business, HumanaOne(R).
Web visitors can now check prices, compare plans and purchase HumanaOne individual dental and vision products at www.humanaonedental.com.
With fewer employers offering group benefits, such as dental and vision, more people are turning to individual… »