Narrative excerpt from patient/community member

Patients/community members discuss treatment costs and trust. (2023)

In terms of my dental health, my teeth are not the prettiest teeth, but they’re fine. They don’t hurt. There’s nothing loose, nothing like that. And my issue in this area, we’re overloaded with dentists, but which one do you go to? I’ve had mixed experiences, had dentists, I love them and then they stopped carrying my plan. So from that point on, I’ve been searching for another one and I’m under Medicare now because of my age and there’s supposed to be like a $30 deductible and then the person in network charges me $84. So that kind of dishonesty.