Dental Discount Plans Beat Dental Insurance

A recent article on Forbes.com suggested that discount dental plans beat traditional dental insurance. Now, this notion of course only applies to certain circumstances. For instance, if you’re currently covered [...]

Iowa’s New Dental-Only Program Hits Snag

A few weeks back we reported about the promising new dental-only program launched in Iowa to serve underprivileged and underinsured children…

Iowa Launches Nations First Dental-Only Program

Iowa Governor Chet Culver recently announced the creation of the nation’s first dental-only program designed to serve children of low income families. “Ensuring our children have access to quality, affordable health care is a top priority of my administration,” said Culver…

HumanaOne Introduces Individual Dental Insurance

HumanaOne, a Humana company, recently unveiled new individual dental insurance and vision plans on its website , www.humanaonedental.com…

The State of Dental Insurance in America

Unfortunately, the state of dental insurance in America is bleak. Even prior to the economic collapse of recent, more than 108 million Americans(cdc.gov) lacked some form of dental insurance coverage. That’s nearly 1 in 3 Americans unable to receive even basic dental care…

8 Questions to Ask Dental Plan or Dental Insurance Providers

The National Association of Dental Plans(NADP) has established a series of 8 questions that you should ask any discount dental plan or dental insurance provider prior to making a buying decision…

Essentials Series Part III: Dental Insurance Types Explained

Part II of the Essentials Series looked at the differences between discount dental plans and dental insurance. This time, part III of the Essentials Series will focus on defining the various forms of dental insurance available.

Let’s face it, dental insurance can be confusing. In fact, I think one factor contributing to the low percentage of Americans with dental insurance is because they simply don’t understand their options…

Discount Dental Plans vs. Traditional Dental Insurance Plans

As promised, our first post will try to highlight the difference between discount dental plans and traditional dental insurance plans in the most simplified terms possible. Our goal in doing this is to clear up some of the confusion that still exists between the two plan types…