Great Article on Dental Insurance

[Crabcake Johnny]

Docs have a lot of liability. I just had a kidney stone attack a few weeks back - hit the ER and yes, first thing was a CT scan.

But let's say the based on my symptoms the ER concluded that a CT scan was unnecessary, gave me meds and sent me home saying it would pass.

But ooopss....turns out later it's something else and maybe I land back in the ER with a high fever....and lawsuit to follow. This is the world docs live in.

BTW, they knew I had a kidney stone and said one of the major reasons for the CT scan was to determine its size. Mine was 1mm but they told me that larger than 5mm could have required a procedure.

 

[sshafran]

What are your recommended/favorite Dental Discount plans? Right now, I have Careington to offer. Can anyone recommend a better one?

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

It doesn't work that way. You need to contact your client's dentist and find out what they take and recommend.

 

[HealthGuy]

Alright: I gotta chime in here, forgive me now forum. Assurant has a dental plan, $15.50 per month. So you outlay $186 per year for it (and a 7% discount if you pay annually)...No waiting periods, no deductibles, any dentist, $75 payout twice per year for preventative = $150. Mid level dental services covered according to a fee schedule - and the fee schedule is good. So if you have one service that pays out $37 per year, the policyholder comes out ahead - and could even make money on this plan. Why is nobody talking about this yet as an option? Its not bad. In fact, I'm going to buy one.

 

[somarco]

Assurant's DHMO is decent, slightly lower in premium than C550, but the network isn't as deep (at least here in GA) as is the Humana plan.

Unless they have changed, the Assurant DHMO link they provide you takes you to their site that has their phone number on it for a contact.

Of course I trust them implicitly not to snake my clients away.

 

[Guest]

Docs have a lot of liability. I just had a kidney stone attack a few weeks back -

I don't want to hijack the thread but I really MUST give this information as it might save you a lot of pain.

I've had a number of stones... at least one a year. About 8 years ago I had a particularly nasty one... which passed after a week of agony.

My urologist told me he wanted me to start drinking a glass of lemonade everyday. I thought he was nuts. He said there was some anecdotal evidence from France that it prevented stones in many patients.

Long story short, I've not had a stone in 8 years. I usually make my own lemonade... one cup of lemon juice (buy a bottle of it at the store) and 6 cups of water into a pitcher. Sweeten with some Splendra or sugar-water (melt sugar in boiling water.) Or I drink the Paul Newman stuff as it is less sweet.

I'm sure there is some info on the web about lemonade and stones but I've not looked. (Someone said there is evidence that orange juice also worked but I'm sticking with the lemonade treatment.) Oh yeah... I hate the stuff... but have it for lunch every day of my life. (When away from home I'll stop in at the 7-11 and get some Snapple... which tastes even worse!)

Sorry... but I'm on a lemonade crusade to all kidney stone patients. It has worked for me and may work for you. YMMV... and maybe you should ask your urologist first.

Now back to your regular scheduled programming.

Al

 

[AndreaSti]

I don't want to hijack the thread but I really MUST give this information as it might save you a lot of pain.

I've had a number of stones... at least one a year. About 8 years ago I had a particularly nasty one... which passed after a week of agony.

My urologist told me he wanted me to start drinking a glass of lemonade everyday. I thought he was nuts. He said there was some anecdotal evidence from France that it prevented stones in many patients.

Long story short, I've not had a stone in 8 years. I usually make my own lemonade... one cup of lemon juice (buy a bottle of it at the store) and 6 cups of water into a pitcher. Sweeten with some Splendra or sugar-water (melt sugar in boiling water.) Or I drink the Paul Newman stuff as it is less sweet.

I'm sure there is some info on the web about lemonade and stones but I've not looked. (Someone said there is evidence that orange juice also worked but I'm sticking with the lemonade treatment.) Oh yeah... I hate the stuff... but have it for lunch every day of my life. (When away from home I'll stop in at the 7-11 and get some Snapple... which tastes even worse!)

Sorry... but I'm on a lemonade crusade to all kidney stone patients. It has worked for me and may work for you. YMMV... and maybe you should ask your urologist first.

Now back to your regular scheduled programming.

Al

OMG - a natural preventative cure!! Don't tell your doc or pharmacist, they may have to kill you! Thanks for the advice, I bet it works great, and makes sense to me.

Also, stay away from Gatorade and stuff like that unless you cut it with water. Kids and endurance athletes are getting stones, probably because of the junk in those drinks.

 

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I don't want to hijack the thread but I really MUST give this information as it might save you a lot of pain.

I've had a number of stones... at least one a year. About 8 years ago I had a particularly nasty one... which passed after a week of agony.

My urologist told me he wanted me to start drinking a glass of lemonade everyday. I thought he was nuts. He said there was some anecdotal evidence from France that it prevented stones in many patients.

Long story short, I've not had a stone in 8 years. I usually make my own lemonade... one cup of lemon juice (buy a bottle of it at the store) and 6 cups of water into a pitcher. Sweeten with some Splendra or sugar-water (melt sugar in boiling water.) Or I drink the Paul Newman stuff as it is less sweet.

I'm sure there is some info on the web about lemonade and stones but I've not looked. (Someone said there is evidence that orange juice also worked but I'm sticking with the lemonade treatment.) Oh yeah... I hate the stuff... but have it for lunch every day of my life. (When away from home I'll stop in at the 7-11 and get some Snapple... which tastes even worse!)

Sorry... but I'm on a lemonade crusade to all kidney stone patients. It has worked for me and may work for you. YMMV... and maybe you should ask your urologist first.

Now back to your regular scheduled programming.

Al

You may be onto something here. I noticed in the past, that I got a kidney stone attack after imbibing a lot of coke during a hot summer. I swore off coke, deciding it was probably the caramel and/or coloring doing the damage.

Looking around for a substitute beverage, I found a Lemonade soft drink I really like and so far, have not had another spate of kidney stone symptoms. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, but maybe... if your post has merit... I will escape the annual "ritual". We'll see.

 

[Brad W.]

You may be onto something here. I noticed in the past, that I got a kidney stone attack after imbibing a lot of coke during a hot summer. I swore off coke, deciding it was probably the caramel and/or coloring doing the damage.

Looking around for a substitute beverage, I found a Lemonade soft drink I really like and so far, have not had another spate of kidney stone symptoms. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, but maybe... if your post has merit... I will escape the annual "ritual". We'll see.

OK my Chiropractor told me to chug (slam) a two liter of coke once a month and that would cure kidney stones, something about the acid in the coke. So once a month I get me a two liter of coke and chug away. Has worked for me. Also you can go to your health food store and buy some Hidrangin root, (I know the spelling is way off) it will cure kidney stones 3 or 4 drops added in water or juice and stones will dissolve.

 

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OK my Chiropractor told me to chug (slam) a two liter of coke once a month and that would cure kidney stones, something about the acid in the coke. So once a month I get me a two liter of coke and chug away. Has worked for me. Also you can go to your health food store and buy some Hidrangin root, (I know the spelling is way off) it will cure kidney stones 3 or 4 drops added in water or juice and stones will dissolve.

I think I would have better luck dissolving kidney stones by drinking sulfuric acid.