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jimfields33

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2. Out of network is the worst

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:53 PM

Jan 2020

I mistakenly went out of network with dental and ended up paying triple what I would have paid going to the correct dentist. Lessons learned and I wasn’t 28 but much older. This guy will find out what hospital to go to from now on. I do think 42K is crazy. And to have to pay 6K is just as bad.

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