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PRSI Dental Benefit abolished in budget, medical card also cut.

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  • #102
    green_dub_girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭green_dub_girl


    I have an impacted, swollen wisdom teeth. No heatlh insurance, no medical card, pay prsi and lower rates of tax.

    Does anyone know what options are for someone like me? I need teeth out as this problem is ongoing for about three years. Is it possible to go on a waiting list to have it removed? I believe it can cost about €600 to have them removed privatly. Any advice on what I could do would be great.


  • #103
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,939 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    green_dub_girl wrote: »
    I have an impacted, swollen wisdom teeth. No heatlh insurance, no medical card, pay prsi and lower rates of tax.

    Does anyone know what options are for someone like me? I need teeth out as this problem is ongoing for about three years. Is it possible to go on a waiting list to have it removed? I believe it can cost about €600 to have them removed privatly. Any advice on what I could do would be great.

    it depends on the degree of impaction really. some dentists won't take out wisdom teeth at all, while some of us will only refer what's scary looking.
    if you go on the waiting list for the dental hospital then you could be waiting for over a year at the moment. if you go privately you are entitled to claim 20% back in tax rebates.
    you should go to your dentist anyway and get the swelling attended to. as long as you haven't been in the past year then the exam should be covered on PRSI. the script may not.


  • #104
    green_dub_girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭green_dub_girl


    Ballsymchugh, thanks for the bit of info! I have made an appointment with my dentist so hopefully he will be able to advise me too. I didn’t realise that I was still entitled to a check up, thought that had been abolished in the budget too so happy days for me.


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