How do you get dental help when you have no insurance and cannot afford to pay out of pocket?
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at
1:04 am
Cricket asked:
I desperately need dental work and have no dental insurance available through work. I have applied for carecredit and medicaid and been denied for both. Is there ANY help to be had?
Tagged with: Dental Insurance • Dental Work • Medicaid
Filed under: Dental
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Well there is a medical card, which you apply for at your local family aid office. Honestly, some case workers will deny people state medical cards even when they do qualify for them. Check the income limits and requirements online for your state by putting something like “state medical card IL.” for example inserting whatever state you live in and it will help you find the state or main office explanation of services etc, and if it looks like they denied you when you should have gotten it call one of the main offices, issue a complaint about that particular case worker, and tell them that you want to apply through them or better yet that you want a different case worker. There are also programs available with local organizations such as The Salvation Army that are free dental assistance for low income people. Some free clinics in your area might also offer either free or discount dental services. Call your local Salvation Army to find out what they offer. There are also medical discount cards, which you can buy online to use for however long you need it. For example, you can buy it for a month or so just long enough to get what you have to done. As far as I know, you can get a really good plan or two really cheap ones and use both, and you can use both because they aren’t actually insurance, there are no limitations or waiting periods, you can use them as soon as you get them, but they are set up to where you must go to dentists which are on their lists. So, if you pick two different plans that have the same dentists on their lists, you can call that office you pick from the list and ask them if they take both of those plans, if they do then you can ask them if they’ll take both for one bill. Most offices will, because they’re guaranteed to get paid quickly. You may want to call before you actually buy the plans to make sure. There are all different kinds when you check online, such as those at, or, and a good article about discount plans is located at. There is also pretty cheap insurance, but there’s usually a waiting period, some are shorter than others such as 30 days. Good luck.
go to a dental school.
It looks like a non easy cracking nut,looking around here ,you may find something useful for you.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, health resources and services administration
Federally funded health centers care for you, even if you have no health insurance. You pay what you can afford, based on your income. Health Centers provide health and dental care to people of all ages, whether or not they have health insurance or the money to pay for health care.
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Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Information Center
The HRSA information center provides publications, resources and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals and those with special health care needs via a comprehensive Web site or a toll-free number: 1-888-Ask-HRSA. More specifically, users will find detailed listings of facilities that provide free or reduced-cost health services, information on sites that provide comprehensive primary health care services for people living with HIV, listings of dental providers who provide care to people living with HIV, organ donor cards, etc.
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Free or low cost dental care United States
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