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Name, Rank, and Insurance Number

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Name, Rank, and Insurance Number

It doesn’t matter if you hold down a full-time job out of the house, you work from home, or you’re a SAHM. Those details simply influence the how and when of your appointment schedule. At the end of the day — or at the very beginning, if you prefer taking kids to school late — you’ll all be sitting in the same waiting rooms. Which is a problem, because if everyone’s sitting in the same waiting room, the wait is going to be very, very long.

Tips and Tricks for Successful Appointment Planning

First things first: Find the elusive insurance plan that covers primary care, dental, orthodontics, optometry, dermatology, and whatever other ology whose care you or any of your family members need to be under. This insurance should preferably also cover prescription drugs. Yes, you’re asking for too much, and therefore, it will be unlikely to have all family members under the same plan, and for the kid who needs both glasses and braces, you may find yourself switching insurance plans between her eye doctor and orthodontist appointments. Schedule those appointments six months apart if you want to be covered at all times. Schedule all other appointments around those two, depending on which doctor accepts which insurance, and also, make sure she never falls so she won’t need to see an orthopedist who wouldn’t accept either of the two plans you’re jumping between.

When you find that perfect plan (and it’s affordable, obviously) kindly spread the word.

The next step is to figure out the best timing for your appointment(s).

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