Dental Insurance Co-pay is more then my Health Insurance Co-pay
Really what is up with that? I have my health and dental insurance though my new job. Now that I got all my insurance information for my health and dental I notice that my Co-pay for the health is only 15.00 an office visit. However on my dental it is 20.00 per office visit at a general dentist and 35.00 at any specialist.
Is seems odd to me that dental has such a higher co-pay. I called the people that handle my insurance at work and they just said it is what it is. It was like they really did not care. To me by the time you pay your co-pay and the 20% the company does not pay for there really is not all that much of a savings. Is this normal?
Tuesday, Apr. 27th 2010 3:28 PM at 3:28 pm
Yes it is normal for a PPO dental insurance plan to have a co-pay. I seen them even higher. However I would not say that it is not worth having the plan.
A 20.00 dollar co-pay is not high at all. That you only have to pay %20 is good too. Try seeing what your cost would be without the dental insurance plan. That way you can see your saving
Tuesday, Apr. 27th 2010 3:36 PM at 3:36 pm
Wow it sounds like you got a very good dental and health plan being offer to you though your job. I think you do need to shop out plans so you can see just want is avail to you.
That way you can feel good about the plan you are getting.
Monday, May. 3rd 2010 9:47 AM at 9:47 am
Do not forget you go to the dentist at least once to twice a year. Hopefully twice so you may only be talking about a total cost of 40.00. Were as you in theory would use your health much more then only twice a year.