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ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What does it mean for dental care? (3/26/2010 7:19:28 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TreasureKY
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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda
I'm curious - of the three people who posted prior to you, which of us said anything to suggest we did not know what was in the bill? Please enlighten me, so I can be amazed too.
Well, TDP... my response was to PA, not to the two persons (yourself and housesub4you) that posted before me. That PA asked the question at all suggested to me that he had not read it. It really isn't rocket science reading the bill. Parts are a little harder to understand if you aren't familiar with Federal law, but the gist of it is fairly easy to read... particularly the list of what is considered "essential health benefits" that I posted. Also, a quick search of the document for the word "dental" will give a pretty good insight into the sections that even mention it.
I didn't realize that; you probably weren't aware then that of the three of of us, PA was the only one opposed to the bill.
Actually, I took his question to be much broader than the issue of whether it would be covered in the final version of the law - I wonder if the actuarial reworking of the numbers on the health insurance industry will have an impact on the costs of dental insurance. If you push the balloon in somewhere, it bulges out somewhere else. If health insurance becomes less profitable, will the grave robbers try to make up their losses by refiguring the premiums and/or the coverages on dental insurance? Will employers be more likely or less likely to offer dental as part of their benefits packages, or will there be no effect? If employee dental planes become either more or less common, will dentists respond by raising or lowering their fees?
I know some of these are probably stupid questions, but I'm curious nevertheless as to whether there will be any sort of impact. I would imagine someone would have some ideas on whether there'll be any sort of ripple effect.
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