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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / November 2005How is AmeriPlan a Ripoff?
The dentists who are accepting these discount cards actually know what they are getting into and I assure you, they are not losing money as AmeriPlan pays them as well! It's just like an insurance company who pays for a part of the work done and the patient pays for the rest! I do not know if you know what you are all talking about, but ask AmeriPlan these questions and you will get the answers! Thank you and have a great day! > The dentists who are accepting these discount cards actually know what > they are getting into and I assure you, they are not losing money as [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thank you and have a great day! Ameriplan doesn't pay the dentist anything...the patient does. Ameriplan signs you up for $20 or so a month...for that you get a list of doctors who will agree to accept less then their normal charge when they see you. The doctor agrees to accept less money in the hope that Ameriplan will send him a lot of patients and he can make up the lower fees in volume. Ameriplan is a matchmaker, not an insurance company. ------------------------------------------------------ Here is their disclaimer: The discount card programs of AmeriPlan® offer a reduction in the cost of medical, dental, vision, pharmaceutical and chiropractic services. AmeriPlan® discount benefit programs are not insurance, nor are they an alternative to or substitution for insurance coverage. Since they are not health insurance, members must use AmeriPlan® providers and members are responsible for payment to the AmeriPlan® providers at point of service of discount health care fees incurred. If you currently have insurance, you should be aware that canceling that policy often times makes it difficult to later obtain coverage. AmeriPlan® recommends that you speak to your insurance agent or your company's insurance administrator before canceling any health insurance policy for any reason. ------------------------------------------------------ Perhaps YOU are the one who needs to be asking questions and getting answers. I will agree with you on your statement that " I do not know if you know what you are all talking about"...as you certainly don't! You don't even know what YOU are talking about! T >The dentists who are accepting these discount cards actually know what >they are getting into and I assure you, they are not losing money as >AmeriPlan pays them as well! It's just like an insurance company who >pays for a part of the work done and the patient pays for the rest! Maybe yes, maybe no. The average American dentist needs to be controlled from what I am seeing ... and perhaps AmeriPlan fills a role. Major insurers such as Aetna have very similar plans, designed to take $5 or $6 a month from uninsured patients and give them access to the list! What A WORLD! Sue, where are you with access to dental care? Joel >I do not know if you know what you are all talking about, but ask >AmeriPlan these questions and you will get the answers! > >Thank you and have a great day! >The dentists who are accepting these discount cards actually know what >they are getting into and I assure you, they are not losing money as Bait & Switch. >AmeriPlan pays them as well! No they don't. >It's just like an insurance company who >pays for a part of the work done and the patient pays for the rest! Nope, that is untrue. >I do not know if you know what you are all talking about, but ask >AmeriPlan these questions and you will get the answers! This sounds like another spam to me. >Thank you and have a great day! FO and enjoy another spam report. Reported to: TomW@ameriplanusa.com, abuse@ameriplanusa.com, groups-abuse@google.com, abuse@yahoo.com Path: news.easynews.com!en206!core-easynews!newsfeed2.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: livinglarge2@yahoo.com Newsgroups: sci.med.dentistry Subject: How is AmeriPlan a Ripoff? Date: 3 Nov 2005 20:09:12 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 10 Message-ID: <1131077352.223158.201810@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.26.97.229 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1131077356 5323 127.0.0.1 (4 Nov 2005 04:09:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 04:09:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=65.26.97.229; posting-account=VuKjfAwAAADn4UrUomVlDQBAFAm04smO Xref: core-easynews sci.med.dentistry:273956 -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com This is Ainsworth Moore and I did not put this statement on the website! A friend of mine who was staying at my home, put this statement on here! I am very disappointed in him! I never knew he would do such a thing! It makes me wonder what else he is capable of doing! I apologize for the inconvience this may have caused! I just left to drop his fiance off at her house, becasue they were arguing and look what he did! It's a pity there is not a system on google that makes someone who is putting info on boards to put more info about themselves like where they were born, etc., before they are allowed to put info out to the public, so that they know that they are the ones who really did this! Or send info to there alternate email, asking if they are the ones who did the posting! Once again this is Ainsworth Moore and I personally did not spam anyone! I apologize, it's my fault for having it opened before I left! You just never know what someone is capable of until something like this happens! All the best! Why not just blame it on the cat. How about posting the persons name who did do it? As well as his address, phone number, date of birth, social security number, drivers license number, insurance card number, as well as his fiances information. Then we can contact them to verify this is the truth. Otherwise I say you are a spammer who is telling a new lie to cover his behind. > This is Ainsworth Moore and I did not put this statement on the > website! A friend of mine who was staying at my home, put this [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > All the best! Well said, probably right. No matter, his computer... he takes the hit. >Why not just blame it on the cat. How about posting the persons name who >did do it? As well as his address, phone number, date of birth, social [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Otherwise I say you are a spammer who is telling a new lie to cover his >behind. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com What A WORLD! Sue, where are you with access to dental care? Joel HI JOel, I have not read this thread entirely, but I saw our Q. (BTW, I know Ameriplan is going to tell the dentists that it is a good deal for them. That is their marketing ploy). RE: ACCESS I have been logging into Dentaltown and not hiding my identity. So far they have not banned me. I ran into Mac Lee. Please check out: www.dentistswhocare.com And tell me what you think. A portion of the eanrings that he gets will be going towards public education. I asked him on DT what % goes into this campaign No answer yet. I am not sure whether I should try to work with Dr. Lee's drive or to try to get involved with our state dental assoiciations. What is your take on Mac Lee? Anything that has to do with Dentaltown kind of leaves me in a bind since I have been banned form there. I am not sure what direction I want to go yet. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks, Sue PS to W_B... I am not trying to SPAM, I am just trying to consider my involvement. At least with Dr. Lee's stuff, I can get involved without having to jump through beaurocratic hoops. Poor cat. ... but!, cat food does look like human grade Spam, doesn't it? In that case, that is one *generous* cat to share his Spam! TW ;-) > Why not just blame it on the cat. How about posting the persons name who > did do it? As well as his address, phone number, date of birth, social [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > All the best! |
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