We are starting a new year. For those who have health insurance through work, your allotments have been reset on January 1st. Some of are going to have to change doctors or dentist because of a move or the company you work for has changed insurance carriers.

I don’t know about you, when it comes to choosing a dentist it is more personal than choosing a doctor. A doctor usually stands a foot or more away then only examines me for a few minutes. A dentist is right on top of me the whole time sticking me with that big needle, prying my jaw open to the max, and grinding on my teeth. In my mind I hold that dentist to have a high level of skill and professionalism than the family doctor. Mostly because every time I go to the dentist I am going to feel PAIN. I do not like pain.

“An out ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of cure”, has been quoted so many times, that it is to the point where it hurts every time I hear it. What hurts more is setting in a dentist chair with the dentist sticking that big needle in my gum.

Whenever one of my teeth that starts hurting, I head to the dental care section at Walgreen’s, Wal Mart or whatever store that happens to be handy. I quickly start looking for product that will will fix my bad tooth so I do not have to the dentist.

It seems like anytime that I get concerned about out healthcare insurance is when there is a need to go to the doctor. This was true, last week, when I made a visit to my dentist.

After he did his drilling, flicking and poking, he sets me up in the dental chair. He moves to a more comfortable chair in front of me. Then we have our usually catch up talk for a few minutes before I leave. This time we started talking about health insurance and the changes that are coming up about next year?

He said that he is seeing quite a few people taking care of needed dental work, now. They are afraid that their benefits will be reduced to the point of not being able to get the needed dental work done.