Your ears, too.
Isn’t it because they are different providers? I don’t go to a hospital to get oral surgery or an eye exam…
You are pretty close. The American Medical Association, (AMA), and the American Dental Association, (ADA), are the 2 different medical organizations that represent each group. Originally, they tried to set up one association but the dentists decided to form their own group. This has lead to group bargaining with insurance companies. Which leads to separate policies being needed.
Wait what? Coincidentally, I actually have gone to a hospital to see a podiatrist…
You need surgery for a really bad ingrown toenail. I’m guessing some sort of person with podietry experience would be involved.
In my country it’s teeth and genitals ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Oh I’m so curious. What country, does that include urinary tract issues, or just reproductive stuff?
Oh it’s worse than that. Dental and eye insurance are separate except for when the issue you have is bad enough to need an oral surgeon or an ophthalmologist. So the preventative and maintenance care that avoids problems with your teeth and eyes isn’t covered. And basic treatments aren’t covered.
This is like saying sorry, we don’t cover cold and flu medicine, we wait until it’s pneumonia to cover your issue.
If I go to the doctor and they say you need to take those medicine, then yes, it does.
You must have one of those fancy no deductible plans…
My insurance doesn’t cover shit till the cumulative bills nears 10k for the family or something like that. Wooo hoo hundreds of dollars a month to pay inflated insurance prices… It’s cheaper to pay the cash price most of the time…
But yay I get to put a couple thousand aside tax free for someone else to make money off of my money.
What the fuck is wrong with America…
Public health care in Denmark has dental until you’re 18, maybe 21,IDK I haven’t been 18 in a while.
Eyes are a mixed bag, if you need an ophthalmologist it’s covered, but glasses falls into the luxury department.
So sorta the same idea about face stuff.