There it is -

[kyburg]

My mother admitted to me once that the one thing she hated buying, more than anything else, was insurance. Period.

We were always insured, though. We even carried AAA memberships. That did not mean Mom liked paying for them.

I think I've discovered the Thing I hate buying, most of all.

I hate paying the dentist. I hate paying the dentist thousands above what my insurance coverage allows.

All you have to do is remind me of where money I'd like to spend on Fun Things is going - and if it's someplace that is in working order, no problems to speak of and so on?

Yeah, I'm a little cheesed. I think my favorite was the two crowns my dentist first mentioned that I needed soon - in August of 2008. Uh, so far? Right.

And today, they insisted I ship out to a referral for periodontal scaling, because they just can't get the work they say I need done fast enough. Scheduling and all that.

*grump* I wore braces for two and a half years, I know how much fun the dentist isn't. I was on pain relief every four hours for two and a half years. And now they want me to pay a whole lotta of money for - get this - pain and suffering I've managed to avoid for nearly five years with no noticeable consequences.

*kicks can* I'm calling the referral and making appointments, but if they want a new car for it, I'm passing. "Terrible things will happen to you!"

Terrible things CAN happen to me. At this point, I'm really not impressed.

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[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Yep, one month of new dentist, one cleaning, one extraction and temporary crown later, and me, with insurance, I'm into new credit card with $3000 of the shiny worn off it. With two neighboring teeth cut down to nubs to support the crown, that'll made them candidates for extraction sooner rather than later. At what point do I say, I'll let them all rot out of my head and risk nasty infections? I get to ride transit with the folks who do that, and they aren't enjoing it.