Dental Insurance
About Dental Insurance
Dental insurance is often provided in conjunction with vision insurance, with both types of care covered under a single plan. The Affordable Care Act includes pediatric dental as one of the law’s essential health benefits embedded in a medical insurance plan. Adult dental insurance coverage is not required under the ACA. Dental insurance plans typically have deductibles that must be paid before treatment is provided.
They also have benefit caps that limit how much the insurance plan will pay for adult dental care, and there is no limit to how high your out-of-pocket costs can be for adult dental care. For pediatric dental treatment, however, those are reversed: out-of-pocket costs are limited, and insurance benefits (the amount the insurance company will pay) are unlimited.