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Tasty_Crayon posted:Many providers will let you retroactively file claims as long as the procedure was done after you applied. Dont gently caress around with mouth infections.
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Benny the Snake posted:But I don't want to get the fillings and then turn around and owe $600 if Medi-Cal won't retroactively pay for it. I don't know if they will or if they won't, but I'd rather not take any chances and just wait. Ask.
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May 17, 2014 08:26
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Benny the Snake posted:But I don't want to get the fillings and then turn around and owe $600 if Medi-Cal won't retroactively pay for it. I don't know if they will or if they won't, but I'd rather not take any chances and just wait.
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May 17, 2014 10:53
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I had a filling that broke and I couldn't afford to replace it at the time because I had no insurance. Eventually my face swelled up an incredible amount and an absess grew and I had to go the emergency room. Go now, before it gets to that point.
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May 17, 2014 12:03
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Benny the Snake posted:But I don't want to get the fillings and then turn around and owe $600 if Medi-Cal won't retroactively pay for it. I don't know if they will or if they won't, but I'd rather not take any chances and just wait. What specifically do you now know from Medi-Cal?
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May 18, 2014 06:16
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They definitely will not retroactively pay for a service that was billed before he was covered. I'm curious to know who these many providers who offer this type of coverage are. As far as I'm aware, the state of Maryland is the only insurance provider offering such a scheme, and that was only as part of a one-week special enrollment to help people who had tried to sign up on the exchange site when it was brand new and buggy.
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May 18, 2014 22:17
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Benny the Snake posted:I found out from Medi-Cal that my application is still being processed and since they'll cover the cheap fillings, I'm going to wait until it's finalized. I've cancelled my appointments until then. The pain isn't so bad that I need the procedures done right now, I can wait. If you've got normal medical coverage, then go and see your doctor. They can at least give you antibiotics and painkillers to stop things getting worse while you're waiting for dental treatment (dentists often need to do this anyway before they can do anything if an infection is causing the problem but it can be cheaper to get your doctor to do it).
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May 18, 2014 22:51
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lexan posted:They definitely will not retroactively pay for a service that was billed before he was covered. I'm curious to know who these many providers who offer this type of coverage are. As far as I'm aware, the state of Maryland is the only insurance provider offering such a scheme, and that was only as part of a one-week special enrollment to help people who had tried to sign up on the exchange site when it was brand new and buggy. Medicaid does as far as I know, in NYstate at least. I could be wrong.
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May 18, 2014 23:04
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Araenna posted:Medicaid does as far as I know, in NYstate at least. I could be wrong. Huh, I'll be darned. Thanks. Sorry, I'll shut up now.
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May 18, 2014 23:10
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lexan posted:They definitely will not retroactively pay for a service that was billed before he was covered. I'm curious to know who these many providers who offer this type of coverage are. As far as I'm aware, the state of Maryland is the only insurance provider offering such a scheme, and that was only as part of a one-week special enrollment to help people who had tried to sign up on the exchange site when it was brand new and buggy. A lot of employer-provided policies will do this if you opt in to coverage outside of the normal enrollment period - like if you begin employment after the enrollment period closes. I had a blood test my wife had done while I was unemployed in January of 2013 covered by my policy with my current employer, who I started with a month later and didn't finalize signing up for insurance for a month after that.
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Lolie posted:If you've got normal medical coverage, then go and see your doctor. They can at least give you antibiotics and painkillers to stop things getting worse while you're waiting for dental treatment (dentists often need to do this anyway before they can do anything if an infection is causing the problem but it can be cheaper to get your doctor to do it). Benny the Snake fucked around with this message at 02:03 on May 20, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 07:28
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That was a nice thing you did for your Grandpa. Is your job going well? I don't know poo poo about tooth surgery.
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May 19, 2014 08:22
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Benny, if it's not an emergency then why would you initially schedule the surgery during the same hours as your part-time job?
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May 19, 2014 13:01
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Benny the Snake posted:Yeah, he can't read English and he used to hunt when he was younger, but that poo poo is propaganda. Not if he can't read it it isn't
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May 19, 2014 15:20
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One of my coworkers was part of the NRA. His membership helped him out when he shot someone who tried to rob him over 20 dollars. The NRA is super awesome and totally not a propaganda organization.
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May 19, 2014 15:52
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Magnus Gallant posted:One of my coworkers was part of the NRA. His membership helped him out when he shot someone who tried to rob him over 20 dollars. The NRA is super awesome and totally not a propaganda organization. [derail incoming]
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May 19, 2014 16:03
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Benny the Snake posted:But I don't want to get the fillings and then turn around and owe $600 if Medi-Cal won't retroactively pay for it. I don't know if they will or if they won't, but I'd rather not take any chances and just wait. Like others have said, call and ask. This is a fundamental part of being an adult - using resources at hand to gather information so you can make informed decisions. Learning how to follow up on things and research things is an important part of that. Yeah it takes effort, but that's life. If you don't know something Benny, then find it out. Do what you can to get an answer. Just doing nothing at all is willful ignorance - you could easily learn this detail but you just don't want to, because it's much easier for you to be passive and wait instead - it feels like less effort. Most people would consider that lazy. Like, you can't even put in the effort to pick up the loving phone? If it helps, think of yourself as a dogged detective looking to get to the bottom of a tough case*. Did you explore every lead, examine every detail? No? Then keep going. You're not done until you've exhausted every last possibility (and even then, if you don't get the info it's not a 'well you did your best' situation - detectives care about results, and not getting results is considered a personal failure, regardless of the reason). Ask yourself - would Sam Spade give up in this situation? No, he would look up the phone number for the insurance company and call - and hell, he woulda had way less resources to find it. All you need to do is google it. * this is legit how I mentally work myself up when I hit walls on getting info/etc but need to keep going. It works really well, for me at least. StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 16:35 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 16:30
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Benny the Snake posted:It's be better Benny do you spellcheck the stuff you write for work? Or do you just wing it, because maybe the listings aren't for real and you'll just have to take them down tomorrow?
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May 20, 2014 00:44
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Benny, is this you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6qKASEpUjo
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That drat Satyr posted:Benny do you spellcheck the stuff you write for work? Or do you just wing it, because maybe the listings aren't for real and you'll just have to take them down tomorrow?
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May 20, 2014 05:12
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Benny the Snake posted:I'm careless, that's what it is. But not this careless when you're posting things for your job, right?
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May 20, 2014 05:48
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CravingSolace posted:But not this careless when you're posting things for your job, right? Heheheh.
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May 20, 2014 09:07
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You can put it off for a good while but whatever you do don't let those fillings turn into root canals. Trust me.
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May 20, 2014 14:16
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Benny, have you ever read a book called A Confederacy of Dunces?
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May 20, 2014 16:36
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Pfirti86 posted:Benny, have you ever read a book called A Confederacy of Dunces?
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Benny the Snake posted:Yes, I have. I've mentioned it before that I'm a hair away from being Ignatius G Reilly. Didn't Reilly get a bunch of PhDs?
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May 20, 2014 18:18
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Obdicut posted:Didn't Reilly get a bunch of PhDs? He had a masters in something (probably history) from Tulane.
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May 20, 2014 18:56
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One of the things that separates me from Ignatius is that I don't write nearly as much as he does. Speaking of which, what does everyone think about my recent TD submission?
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May 20, 2014 21:31
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Did you call & find out about the fillings?
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May 20, 2014 21:33
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Any word from Medi-Cal Benny? Specifics.
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It's good that you're writing again but that isn't going to distract most of the thread, dude. If you haven't called yet, tell the truth and explain why. If you're anxious about it, there are people with the patience to give you advice on how to handle your anxiety. I personally put things like that off because I don't want to find out, so I can enjoy the possibility of things going my way a little longer. It's understandable, but seriously. If you don't take care of your teeth they will get bad, really bad, in a surprisingly short time. A chick I know with weird issues has gone from having crooked-as-hell teeth, to braces, to an amazing, Hollywood smile, and then back to never smiling because she didn't take care of her goddamn teeth and now they look visibly unhealthy.
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That was a terrible story benny. Sorry.
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Hey guys, I know my teeth are rotting out of my head, but have you read my story about talking birds and asthmatic children?
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May 20, 2014 22:08
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Magnus Gallant posted:That was a terrible story benny. Sorry. it was incredibly cliche
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oval office raja posted:it was incredibly cliche I don't really get it. So a bird flew around this kid and now he isn't going to kill himself? Why does it matter that the bird is female? What? Things happen to the character and the character does stuff, but it just comes across as incredibly flat. Everything is just incredibly bland and undetailed. I know nothing about this character or their environment so how can I care about their actions or consequences?
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Benny, all of your stories are clearly just filled with misplaced anger. Are you still mad at people that bullied you as a kid or something because it comes off that way and it makes it kind of weird. You also go way too hard on the simile and you overload on adjectives where they are completely unnecessary. Stop trying to constantly over-describe things and just say what they are.
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It's a thing for beginning writers to try too hard on writing complicated, and they forget to actually write a story worth reading. Benny, as a challenge to yourself, try to write your next story without any adjectives or adverbs. This forces you to not describe things, but to use nouns and verbs, which are really the meat of a story. Every time I write an adjective/adverb I ask myself: "Is this necessary?" If not, axe it.
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Benny, it's great that you're starting to write again. Also, your prose is gradually improving, though see crabrock's comments. Watch out for said-bookisms, which you used in the shouting match between the parents -- we know, based on the words they used, that they were shouted/screeched, you don't need to tell us that. But most importantly, start looking into plot. Your story spent 3/4 of its words on background before it finally got to the "and then one day" part, and at that point the entire plot resolved in a single paragraph. In a story this short, you shouldn't get past the first paragraph without the main character acquiring a need for something. The rest of the story should then be about their quest to fulfil that need (be it successful or not). Here's a link that may help: http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/22/the-story-spine-pixars-4th-rule-of-storytelling/
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Benny the Snake posted:I got back from the dentist. I need five fillings for five cavities. I'm also getting a wisdom tooth pulled out because it's giving me pain. All the procedures, plus a cleaning and today's examination, will cost me about $700. It would've cost me about $200 more if I didn't opt for cheaper fillings. In fact, if I was under Medi-Cal, the cheap fillings would be covered. Here's the thing: it was my Mom who applied the whole family for Medi-Cal, so she's the only one who can find out the status of our application. I could've applied on my own and avoided all this but she insisted that we do it as a family so we could all share the costs. It sounded like a good idea at the time, I guess. Benny the Snake posted:One of the things that separates me from Ignatius is that I don't write nearly as much as he does. Speaking of which, what does everyone think about my recent TD submission? Hahahahahahahahaha never change benny.
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