Poll - BTS v Bryn Mawr regarding health care - US posters only

Okay I went for a dental Xray today. it was a ful mouth Xray that cost me on the spot $60 I then went around the corner to Medicare and got $40 back.......So all up I paid $20 dollars for a full mouth xray.

How much does it cost in other countries. Oh and don't talk about the dentist bill $600 for three fillings. If the labour government gets in in the next national elections they will bring in medicare for dental. which means I'd get 3/4 of that $600 back................Here's hoping!!!!!

[RedGlitter]

Originally Posted by magenta flame

Okay I went for a dental Xray today. it was a ful mouth Xray that cost me on the spot $60 I then went around the corner to Medicare and got $40 back.......So all up I paid $20 dollars for a full mouth xray.

How much does it cost in other countries. Oh and don't talk about the dentist bill $600 for three fillings. If the labour government gets in in the next national elections they will bring in medicare for dental. which means I'd get 3/4 of that $600 back................Here's hoping!!!!!

Well, here the full X-ray would run between $80-100 (depending on state and dentist) and there would be no Medicare. Our Medicare does not provide for dental or eye exams/glasses. Now some people may have dental coverage through their employer or AARP (retired people) but I never have and can't offer you any idea what that may run.
Fillings....about $100+ each one if you get silver. Enamel colored fillings generally run a bit more.

[AussiePam]

I've had fillings done is Australia, UK and America - and found the cost similar in all. There isn't any medicare coverage here for dental, but I carry some private health insurance on top of that, and so, get something back (for fillings done in Australia. Travel insurance covers foreign emergency dental procedures). I think medicare covers eye examinations, but not glasses. Again, I get something back for glasses from my private health cover.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by magenta flame

Okay I went for a dental Xray today. it was a ful mouth Xray that cost me on the spot $60 I then went around the corner to Medicare and got $40 back.......So all up I paid $20 dollars for a full mouth xray.

How much does it cost in other countries. Oh and don't talk about the dentist bill $600 for three fillings. If the labour government gets in in the next national elections they will bring in medicare for dental. which means I'd get 3/4 of that $600 back................Here's hoping!!!!!

I've just been to the dentist. He did an examination and three x-rays, found decay under a heavily filled pre-molar and decided that I need a crown fitting as there's not enough tooth left to drill and fill.

I now have two more appointments (to cut the mold and to fit the crown) and the bill will be £194 (approx $400).

Had the examination found nothing the bill would have been £17.50 ($35).

[Lon]

I need a Porcelain Crown------The charge by dentist is $860 USD, negotiated down to $750 by my PPO Provider (private insurance). Private insurance will pay at 50 % of that ($375). My cost will be $375 USD.

[gmc]

I pay for my dental treatment, root canal and crown two fillings £134 from an NHS dentist.

My wife has just had a cataract operation, diagnosed and new lens within a month. The other one get done next year as it's not too bad yet. Free apart from the thirty odd years she has paid her NHS stamp.

With socialised medicine it is most definitely not free-everybody pays through taxes. When you need treatment you get it. There are waiting lists in some areas and for some kinds of treatments but the one thing that is not in doubt is that you will receive treatment if you need it.

Looking at some of the earlier posts I wonder why you put up with such a system. We have an NHS because we demanded it not because a nanny state gave it to us. We keep it because we won't tolerate politicians that try and privatise it.

How much does it cost in the US for all expenses paid every kind of conceivable illness cover? because if you are comparing the two that is what we have. All in medical cover regardless of the cost of treatment (well almost but that's a different issue)

[Pheasy]

My daughter just had 2 crowns that cost me $1000! In the UK, children's dental care is included in NHS (unless thats changed recently ?) and the parents are not presented with a bill.

I also pay $150 a month for my sons medication (thats the co-pay, insurance pays the rest). Also in the UK, children's medication is paid for by NHS, and adults is only partial payment.

[Pheasy]

My son recently completed a medical program which cost $9,000 - the insurance will only pay 50%. Didn't see that coming!!

[spot]

It's something the thread's not pointed out, I agree - no medical or dental charges at all in the UK for under-18s, either for treatment or for prescriptions. I'm not sure about opticians, I'd need to look that up.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by spot

It's something the thread's not pointed out, I agree - no medical or dental charges at all in the UK for under-18s, either for treatment or for prescriptions. I'm not sure about opticians, I'd need to look that up.

Neither do the over 65s or pregnant ladies (whereas pregnant gentlemen still have to pay).

As for opticians, because I work with computers I am entitled to reclaim all opticians fees from the taxman as an occupational hazzard - I don't 'cos it's only £17.50 once a year and it's more trouble than it's worth to do the paperwork.