This is a personal diary, if it is not your thing, please pass on by.
If you recall I was hospitalized a lot in December. In fact I was in the hospital more during the month than I was out.
During one operation, to remove a kidney stone, I had 5 teeth knocked out or chipped. I went into the operation with 4 upper teeth missing, but I came out with the 5 new ones chipped and or gone.
The hospital refused to admit it was at fault, and refused to pay. After consulting with an attorney he advised me not to proceed for if I did and lost they would come after what little I get per month from medicare.
I went to the dentist, but no one dentist takes medicare, so I was screwed. The option both dentists I saw suggested was to extract the 5 teeth, plus the few remaining upper ones I had, and get a partial. The problem? Again no insurance.
So I signed up for a dental plan, not insurance but a dental plan, which you pay 150 a year for, and procedures are done at about 25 percent off.
Well, I found an oral surgeon, and the plan is to do two trips, one costing 1020 and the second 1200, to extract all teeth in the top, and then get dentures which will cost me about 1300 for an upper. So now I need to come up with 3520 and I am not sure if I can or how I can. Otherwise I will walk around with a huge break on my side of my mouth where the chipped and other broken teeth are.
I am pissed off beyond belief that Medicare does not pay for dental insurance, and not sure what else to do. If you are willing to help, it would be greatly appreciated. My paypal address is houstonbfskinner at netscape dot net and my gofundme page is here
Of course I’d gladly accept any ideas, kind words, thoughts, prayers, or the like. I just thought I’d provide an update as people had been asking me via email, etc if the situation was ever resolved.