WOW!!
Just for a root canal WITH insurance covering it, cost me out of pocket...hope you are sitting down........$800

If she has SSI, she should be getting Medical via DSHS??? Every state is different

United Concordia.
Hate them, but that's what we have. Thought about getting a supplemental, but was just way too much.

Most of the dental policies out here only cover root canals at 50% which comes to atleast $800 or those that pay at 80%, one root canal wipes out your benefits for a whole year (they usually average approx $1500) This includes Blue Cross/BlueShield...it's horrible coverage.

gosh, I'm never going to complain about the cost of dental treatment again! Even when my dentist sent me to have two wisdom teeth extracted (at the same time, yowch) last year, at the dental hospital, WITH intravenous sedation, for some reason it still got covered under the £45 fee I had already paid.

ONE cleaning for me is more than that. Yikes!

With cleaning, here on Guam, I pay nothing....in HI, I had to pay like $6 for the taxes. Yup, had to pay the taxes on it.

I'm not positive, but if you qualify for Medicare, check with AARP.. they might have something.

I have insurance (metlife) and a mouthful of root canals, crowns, even an implant!! The only thing I get 100% covered is 2 cleanings per year, and the cost is deducted from the $1500 max benefit. When I had to have a root canal and crown in the same year, I paid in excess of $1000 in addition to ins. premiums!!! Root canals run about $800-900 and crown $600-900. I think before I retire and have only $5000 benefit for the rest of my life, I'll get them all yanked and dentures!!!

Same here terri....in fact I just had a bad 2 weeks w/an infection that went all the way to an eye causing swelling and much pain till I could get into the surgeon. Only to find out it was a 3 cracker(cracks)! And, had to be pulled...never want to go thru that again!! I took the cheaper route on the insurance and it cost me $28 over the other choice of being knocked out for almost 400! I was thinking 'fabric' instead! Still not in great shape, but, better!! I don't know what I'd done w/o insurance.

I'm not sure if AARP has a dental option or not. I know my FIL had the reg insurance and they were great...might check there. Skeat