Last week, I had a cracked tooth, a cavity, an annoying bump on the inside of my cheek I would inadvertently bite down on every other meal, and a less than efficiently running car.
This week, I have a temporary crown, a filling, a hole in my cheek where the annoyance used to be, and a healthy car.
And a big VISA bill.
My credit card balance has been hovering around $2,000 since July. I used to pay the balance off every month but then my love affair with Tax Season ended. He ran off with that floozy Free Time and took my overtime cash flow with him. The bastard.
I am not sure which I resent more: having lots of free time with no money to spend, or lots of money with no free time in which to shop/travel/garden/renovate.
Or maybe it is having a dental reimbursement plan rather than real dental insurance. A dental reimbursement plan that covers up to $250 per year.
HA! Hahahahahahahahahah!
I do not know how much dental work $250/yr buys you where you live but here all you get are two cleanings a year plus x-rays. So if you need, say, a filling, you are on your own. And that funky bump on the inside of your cheek? That is dental too – not medical, hence not covered by your medical insurance - even though you have to go to an oral SURGEON to get it removed. Doesn’t surgeon=medical? Apparently not when it comes to insurance billing.
On a positive note, I got a new prescription for Vicodin out of it. Thank god, because I was running out of my old one from who knows how long ago and we all know expired medication is bad.
I dutifully took a pill as soon as I got home so it would kick in before the numbness wore off, then lay on the couch for two hours feeling nauseous. What the hell, Vicodin? You used to work just like a really strong aspirin, taking the pain away but leaving me clear headed and nausea-free. Tax Season and Free Time put you up to it, didn’t they.
They are such assholes.
The county has a little better plan. 80% of your visit up to 2,000 a year. The experts tell me that if you need major work done wait until late in the year then in January another 2,000 kicks in. By the way thanks for recommending Firefox as a browser. You did it in one of your older posts. I now have spell check on here and other places :-)
Posted by: higgie aka Roger | November 21, 2008 at 05:29 AM
Wow... Someone with a worse dental plan than us! We get $1500.00 a year - less than one root canal & crown. I plan on going next month & January & we'll see how far we can stretch the three grand.
Posted by: JCW | November 21, 2008 at 07:27 AM
I swear you crack me up. I hope you are feeling lots better now!!
FWIW, I prefer less money/more time. But man, I cannot stand debt. Oy.
Posted by: Christina | November 24, 2008 at 09:57 PM