second medical opinions

[microbekiller]

I got a call from my oral surgeon's office this morning. The woman asked me if I had dental insurance and I said no. Then she tried to tell me that they couldn't pre-certify the procedure because it was dental. I said, "A screw in my skull protruding into my gums is dental?", like, are you bat-shit insane?

She seemed a bit surprised and asked if I'

Comments

[boy_adrift]

I guess most sane people just aren't qualified to work as receptionists. needles to say, that sucks, I hope you get a little more respectable treatment in the future.

[microbekiller]

Thanks. My new and much better surgeon said that the only reason he could think they might ask about dental is because sometimes health insurance companies get all crafty and make you submit to dental insurance first because the dental has to reject it before health will pay. HMOs are evil!