Yay Fillings.... And hell at the dentist...

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In BC people on disability get $1000 coverage every two years. The only problem is that the government has its own rate schedule that is lower than the dental college rates, and so most dentists charge the patient the difference. You have to hunt around for a dentist that will take you at government rates. I'm lucky I found mine. He's super nice.

I got my wisdom teeth out while I was still living at home, so I'd have coverage under my father's plan. I had to go under general anesthetic and the dentist chipped the teeth out in bits and pieces, but then they were done.

I have a dentist appointment coming up soon on Feb. 2nd. It hurts when I bite down on something in my lower left molars. It is also sensitive to hot and cold, which is an indication of a cavity. >:O

yes...that is it. i qualify for it because i am bascially a no-hoper who fits the criteria.
you go to your gp, and you need three thigns wrong (easy with me...where do i start....) and then 4k is allocated to you for the three different problem areas. then you find a dentist who is cool with the scheme and most private dentists are, and you just make your booking at the dentist and then everything is billed to medicare (unless orthodontic.)

I am as left as you can get - Rudd (who i view as Howard in tintin clothing) has tried to pull it down a couple of times but the recent economic problems have meant the scheme has been maintained. it is probably the only good thing that f@#$khead Howard implemented. (and i'll bet it wasn't his idea.....)

so, tasmania? i'm up near byron bay - living in the old counterculture lost world. a good place for me.

I tried to get my crowns covered by Medicare but they refused
That was ages ago though. In February 2005.

well blue bean - you might be too young for the scheme i am referring to. i am not sure of the age bracket but i seem to remember it is for older people.

ah well....can you forge documents???

Byron Bay...do you go to the grass festival thingy, millie, whats it called, somewhere up there, you know, all bongs and combie vans and stuff.

Rudd, yeah I think B9 described him as 'rubber ducky', which seems quite apt.

I got a lot of work done when i was had health insurance. can be worth it if you have a lot of expensive stuff to do. I'll look into that subsidy thingy, but if it means seeing a GP, ugh, I only do that very rarely.