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California regulators are going after dental health plans that claim to offer big benefits but deliver very little. There have been over 150 consumer complaints in California about these plans over ... Read more..Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Dental Videos | 1 Comment »
Dentists are sick and tired of dental insurance companies dictating fees and treatments.Just over half of the dentists in this survey by dental practice marketing resource The Wealthy Dentist said ... Read more..Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Dental Videos | No Comments »
We asked dentists if dental insurance is just as broken as medical insurance. Fully two out of three dentists think so.In this survey, 70% of dentists felt the current system ... Read more..Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Dental Videos | 1 Comment »
Nine out of ten dentists see dental insurance companies as enemies rather than allies, according to this survey.In the eyes of the average dentist, insurance companies exist solely to turn ... Read more..Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials, Dental Insurance | 5 Comments »
A recent study commissioned by Delta Dental finds that 60% of American consumers have dental insurance. The same study shows that 29% pay for their dental care out-of-pocket.But what about ... Read more..Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Dental Surveys | 3 Comments »
In this survey, we found that half of dentists are ready for the profession to unionize. Feeling trapped by dental insurance and abandoned by the American Dental Association, many dentists ... Read more..Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Dental Insurance, Dental Surveys | 11 Comments »
Dentists Dropping Dental Insurances Dentists are sick and tired of dental insurance companies dictating fees and treatments. Just over half of the dentists in this survey said that they had mostly ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials, Dental Insurance | 7 Comments »
Government Dental Plan Soliciting Bids from Offshore Labs The US government employs several million individuals. As their employer, it's the government's job to provide health care coverage to all of these ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Dental Insurance, Dental Surveys | 5 Comments »
Clear Majority of Dentists Are Eager to Organize Against Insurance Companies When a recent Wealthy Dentist survey asked dentists if they would like to see their colleagues organize against ... Read more..Monday, October 8th, 2007 Posted in Dental Editorials, Dental Insurance, Practice Management | 1 Comment »
Setting Dental Fees (and Dealing with Insurance Companies) An auto mechanic changing a muffler has more control over the fees he charges than many doctors. Last week I discussed how to handle ... Read more..Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 Posted in Dental Insurance, Dental Surveys | 3 Comments »
Could Michael Moore's SICKO Have Been about Dental Insurance? Is dental insurance just as broken as medical insurance? Two out of three dentists think so. In our most recent survey, 70% ... Read more..Thursday, June 7th, 2007 Posted in Dental Insurance, Dental News | No Comments »
Dental Insurance Picks Up the Rollover Trend A recent dental insurance trend that's becoming ever more popular, "maximum-limit rollover programs" let patients save unused dental benefits to use the following year. ... Read more..Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 Posted in Dental Insurance, Dental Surveys | 3 Comments »
No Love Lost Between Dentists and Insurance Companies In this poll, we asked dentists: As dentists, what's your gut feeling about dental insurance companies - friend or foe? Read more..