PRSI entitlements?

thebourke

Whta are you covered for now if you go to the dentist ..i have been working for the last 10 years....is the checkup still free..what about cleaning and xrays?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

One check up a year, no cleaning, no X-rays. Woopeedo thanks FF

Susie564

Abdiel Alive Broccoli wrote: »

One check up a year, no cleaning, no X-rays. Woopeedo thanks FF

It's really crap. I know loads of people who aren't going for their check-ups/cleaning because they can't afford it. I've had to go recently and my dentist cleaned them which was €65 and badly needed :eek: and I signed the form thing too, so presumably that's my check-up for the year too :-( With the way things are for me at the moment I'll prob stick to 6mth check ups for the moment too.

thebourke

its bloody annoying..makes you wonder why we pay prsi in the first place....
so to get your teeth cleaned now and an x-ray will probably cost 100e....joke

lexa

On the basis that the PRSI scheme now only covers one check-up per year, should tax relief now not apply to all dental expenses rather than just non routine expenses?I assume the restriction on tax relief to non routine treatment up to now was on the basis that there was some state support for routine stuff.Given that the PRSI scheme has virtually been abolished it doesn't make sense for dental expenses to be treated any differently to other medical expenses. A 20% refund while a small amount, would be better than nothing. Are there any planned amendments to tax relief for health expenses?

DaveTwenty7

Abdiel Alive Broccoli wrote: »

One check up a year, no cleaning, no X-rays. Woopeedo thanks FF

Are periapicals not included in the C/U?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Its up to each dentist, certainly they are not a paid item.

davo10

thebourke wrote: »

its bloody annoying..makes you wonder why we pay prsi in the first place....
so to get your teeth cleaned now and an x-ray will probably cost 100e....joke

I've always found the public's reaction to these cuts confusing. When the med card was to be means tested for over 70's (ie those who did not need it did not get one), there was uproar and threats of people marching through the streets of Dublin in protest, yet when Gov removed dental benefit for 2 million PRSI workers and 1 million med card holders there wasn't a wimper, in fact many peoples opinion was "serves the dentist's right" as if the 2000 dentists in Ireland were going to be more effected than the 3million patients.

Madness, you should be asking your TD why there has been no reduction in PRSI rates when the amount of insurance benefits you recieve for it have been drastically reduced.

lexa

Davo PRSI has been reduced in that the health levy was abolished in the last budget, although this was replaced with the "Universal Social Charge" which also encompasses the income levy.
The USC is considered a tax rather than social insurance like PRSI and the health levy. The health levy was supposed to be ring fenced for health expenditure. The USC just goes into the revenue pot to be spent how the government decides.
Not much consolation for the tax payer paying more tax for reduced services though.

Mingetoad

The 'Oral Examination' component of both PRSI and GMS contracts make reference to all intra-oral radiographs. This would imply that they are a paid item as included in the oral examination fee.