You could always get your teeth knocked out and have ER do surgery and medical provide.. ?I've been tempted. Unfortunately, you are right. Medicine is medicine but dentists are not in line with other Drs. Or oralsurgeons or opthamothagists..(I have no idea if spelled right) my urologist is not covered either. I have a hefty bill for my neurogenic bladder but my Mris are covered and Neurologist. It's crazy and frustrating😢

I feel your pain (literally and figuratively!) Health insurance won't cover dental/tooth treatments themselves, despite the problems that can arise from not being able to afford to go to the dentist. It'd only cover the health condition it caused. For example, if you get a tooth infection, it'd cover an antibiotic (as long as your health insurance has prescription coverage), but not pulling or fixing/replacing of the actual tooth. It's beyond frustrating actually since it's a part of our body actually needed (unless you're all for a liquid diet and foods you can gum, but no thanks for me!)

@A MyMSTeam Member said: ...medical and not vision

I have only Medicare, as millions of others. Let me understand or at least try too. Are you saying I'd need to get $800 glasses billed as an $8000 or $80000 procedure? As for teeth, wouldn't they have to get really, really bad then to be a medical case?

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My personal thinking is there's not much chance really of dying from problem with your teeth, if they become bad enough where it threatens your physical health, then it's covered under medical. Now with vision it's a different story. Are you going to an ophthalmologist and are they coding the bill as medical because you have MS? Mine does and vision is covered and yes, that does include vision checks and prescriptions for glasses. There is a separate insurance that pays for the glasses themselves however and you'd have to check with the insurance company about coverage. What insurance are you getting?

So, the key here regarding getting your vision paid for is to make sure it gets billed correctly, and if its not, contact the doctor's office billing person and have them resubmit with correct information so charges will be covered. If you go to an optometrist, you won't be able to get your vision paid for by insurance; if you go to a Neuro ophthalmologist, it should be billed as medical and not vision and insurance will pay. When it comes to vision and insurance, this is when it's to our favor that we have MS.

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It is possible to save by spending but that requires some ability to spend in the first place. Sometimes there is no ability to spend (below zero funds already) About 2-3 billion people are in the same situation.

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