On October 15, open enrollment for Medicare began. Millions of seniors in Illinois will once again face the challenge of finding the right Medicare coverage, including the need to decide between Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage plans. While the primary focus will be ...
Yet, Medicare excludes coverage for almost all dental services. It also does not require its Medicare Advantage managed care plans to offer dental insurance—although some do to attract enrollees. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, that leaves an estimated 37 million people who rely ...
Indemnity and HMO plans. These common forms of coverage are surely worth looking into. However, they often include hidden drawbacks including big premiums and deductibles, yearly maximums, complex paperwork, and unskippable waiting periods before you can have specific procedures performed. For a denta...
When you have to take your family members around to several different dental offices for the quality care they need, it can be a big drain on both your free time and your wallet. Here in Richardson, our doctors are happy to see children, teens, adults, and senior citizens alike for the...
individuals with private insurance showed a greater aptitude to visit the dentist regularly than those covered by public insurance such as Medicare (OR 1.25–1.95), p < 0.001) or Medicaid (OR 1.29 (1.10–1.51), p = 0.001), as reported in a study conducted in the USA on a population samp...