‘An Arm and a Leg’: Getting Insurance to Pay for Oral Surgery Is Like Pulling Teeth

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Well being protection usually doesn’t cowl dental work. However Susan Rice of Atlanta ought to have been the exception: She was hit by a rushing automobile, inflicting intensive harm to her personal “grill.” She’s been preventing to get her oral surgical procedure lined for 18 months and counting.

The “An Arm and a Leg” podcast linked Rice with College of South Carolina legislation professor Jacqueline Fox, who, when she was working towards legislation, fought insurers on behalf of sufferers. Fox stated Rice has “performed every thing proper.” Her insurer’s refusal to pay could also be tied to an even bigger downside within the Inexpensive Care Act market … one which’s led to a class-action lawsuit. 

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