Of all the nightmares involving insurance, this one is not, like, fatal. It's the kind of thing that might just be bureaucracy and persist even if someone waved a magic wand and granted us socialized health care. But I still speak truth to power: Being super strict about the 12 month mark when you cap dentist visits at two per year is bullshit. There should just be a buffer of 1-2 months in either direction, as long as you're averaging 2 visits per year.

It's really fucking annoying when you can't keep a yearly appointment at the same point in the calendar, and instead it creeps later and later over time. Especially when you're trying to squeeze things into school calendar breaks.

This is brought to you by two thwarted dentist appointments last week. The first time, I was just the fucking idiot who brought all four kids on the wrong day. The second time, we got turned away because it hadn't quite been twelve months since the previous summer appointment.