People in Wisconsin with no dental insurance or inadequate coverage now can pay an annual fee and get discounts off set charges for dental care.
Members of the Dental Savings Club, a program started by the Wisconsin Dental Association on July 1, pay $48 a year or $108 per family and get 15% to 55% off average fees cited by Fair Health, a nonprofit that analyzes large volumes of patient bills.
The program covers most dental services — such as cleanings, fillings, X-rays, crowns, dentures and implants — by participating dentists. More than 400 of the state’s 3,300 practicing dentists are signed up, and more are expected to enroll.
“We realize that for a lot of people, access to care is becoming a bigger and bigger issue,” said Dr. Tom Reid, a Madison dentist and president-elect of WDA. “We have tried to spearhead something that would make access to care a little easier for some folks.”
