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As some of you know DD needed some fillings. In order to do that and because she is autistic our choices were either to restrain her during the procedure or have her put under anesthetic at the hospital. Insurance wouldn't cover. So we had to get her diagnosed as mildly retarded in order to get Medicaid to help.

The whole thing took about 4 hrs. the procedure (three fillings with caps + ex-rays) took about 25 min. The rest of the time was pre-op or post-op.

The bill from the hospital arrived yesterday $5041. And the denial from our insurance for the full amount also arrived. This bill does not include the dentist service. The bill will be covered by Medicaid. but only because we obtained the retarded diagnosis. When the entire process : getting the diagnosis (the retarded one), pre-op screening, dental bill, lodging/food. Its easily going to clear 8 or 9k to get three teeth filled.

Three months from now I will be without insurance.

Just a little food for thought.

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