Subscription plan rather than insurance

Persons who have dental insurance are more than 2 ½ times more likely to visit the dentist than those without coverage. With the aging population, more people will be without dental insurance, with adults over age 65 years having the lowest rates of dental coverage. An option is private-pay insurance plans, but in almost 70% of cases, the insuranc e premium and copays are higher than the actual market price of the dental care received over the course of a year. Although patients like the monthly payment installments that these plans offer, the fact that the outlay of money is greater than the cost of services rendered is a significant drawbac k.

Source: Dental Abstracts - November 1, 2018 Category: Dentistry Tags: The Front Office Source Type: research