From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 

I find dental coverage pretty cheap on a cash basis.

You know.  The cash that you should have in a savings account, (an account
that most people don't keep at adequate levels.)

Sounds like your friend contemplating a boat, with new truck, etc.

gs

"Randall Parker"  wrote in message
news:MPG.138e0868bfe71f3698a36a{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article ,
> blucy{at}mediaone.net says...
> > I also wonder what the cost is for a person over 65 and who doesn't have
> > Medicare. Or a person under 65 with diabetes and not subject to HIPAA.
>
> I've noticed that my dental coverage saves me in two ways: 1) They cover
> part of it. 2) The agreed on price is much lower than what the DDS
> charges for people not on that insurance.
>
> What really caught my attention was when I had switched dental plans and
> they hadn't yet updated their database. They brought me a total price
> under one plan and then a different one under my new plan. The second
> price was hundreds less. Then there were the copay differences. Not sure
> if I came out ahead or behind on the second as compared to the first. But
> it'd have been much higher total if I hadn't had any dental coverage at
> all.
>
>

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