{"id":10476,"date":"2018-05-21T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2018-05-21T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:07:46","slug":"when-is-insurance-not-really-insurance-when-you-need-pricey-dental-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10476","title":{"rendered":"When Is Insurance Not Really Insurance? When You Need Pricey Dental Care."},"content":{"rendered":"

(By David Tuller for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m 61 years old and a San Francisco homeowner with an academic position at the University of California-Berkeley, which provides me with comprehensive health insurance. Yet, to afford the more than $50,000 in out-of-pocket expenses required for the restorative dental work I\u2019ve needed in the past 20 years, I\u2019ve had to rely on handouts \u2014 from my mom. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

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