Indlela Amazinyo Am Athe Tye Aye Ngumqondiso Wobutyebi

Umxholo

• Xa ulihlwempu, izinto ezininzi ziyehla ziye kumakishi abonakalayo endlala
• Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, safumana iindaba nje zokuba i-inshurensi yam ayizukuhlawulela izihlangu zezilima
• Sekunjalo ngeendlela ezininzi, ndandinelungelo
• Ndinomsindo wokuba amazinyo asempilweni kunye nokunakekelwa kwamazinyo ayilolungelo wonke umntu anokufikelela kulo

Sibona njani iimilo zehlabathi esizikhethele zona- kunye nokwabelana ngamava anyanzelisayo kunokubangela ukuba siphathane ngcono. Lo ngumbono onamandla.

Ngobusuku emva kokuba ugqirha wam wamazinyo wandicebisa ngokusesikweni ukuba ndisebenzise ii-brace, ndaya kubanda turkey ndilele ngomnwe wam wokunene emlonyeni. Ndandineminyaka eyi-14. Umkhwa wobusuku yayikukubamba ukusuka ebuntwaneni bam ovela kwicala likamama. Umzala wam oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala usayenza, kwaye umama wayenza ixesha elide kunabantwana abaninzi.

Umkhwa wawusenokuba ngoyena nobangela wokwenza ugqithiso lwam lube lubi ngakumbi kunofuzo kuphela olunokuba nalo. Emva kokusweleka kukamama, bendinokwenza nantoni na ukuze ndilale kamnandi, nokuba oko kuthetha ukulala ngomnwe wam emlonyeni.

Ukuyeka kwakunzima kakhulu ekuqaleni, kodwa ndandifuna kakhulu ii-brace- kwaye ndandifuna ukuba zisebenze ukuze ndingaze ndibenentloni ngamazinyo am agoso kwakhona.

Xa ekugqibeleni ndaphulukana nawo onke amazinyo am omntwana, ndandiphantse ukuba li-14-ndindala kuninzi lwabahlobo bam abaqala nge-brace kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi. Abanye bade baqala kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ngamazinyo athe tye. Andikwazanga ukufumana ii-brace nakweyiphi na ngaphambili kuba bendihlwempuzekile kwaye kufuneka ndilinde iingcebiso zogqirha wamazinyo.

Xa ulihlwempu, izinto ezininzi ziyehla ziye kumakishi abonakalayo endlala

Izambatho ze-Kmart kunye neWalmart, izihlangu ezingekhoyo kwi-Payless, iinwele ezivela kwi-Supercuts endaweni ye-bougie salon edolophini, iiglasi ezingabizi kakhulu eziza kugutyungelwa yi-inshurensi yezempilo.

Omnye umakishi? Amazinyo “amabi”. Ngomnye weempawu zaseMelika zendlala.

UDavid Clover, umbhali nomzali ohlala eDetroit uthi: “Amazinyo ['amabi' abonwa njengohlobo lwesidima kwaye ahlala elingana nokuziphatha, njengabantu abanamazinyo amdaka. Wajikeleza iminyaka eli-10 engenalo naluphi na uhlobo lokunyamekela amazinyo ngenxa yokunqongophala kweinshurensi.

Ixabiso eliphakathi lama-brace ngo-2014 lalikhona ukusuka kwi-3,000 ukuya kwi-7,000 yeedola- eyayingenakufikeleleka ngokupheleleyo kuthi.

Sikwanayo nemibutho engathandekiyo noncumo olunamazinyo ashiyekileyo okanye olungagqibekanga ngokuthe tye okanye elimhlophe. Ngokophando olwenziwe nguKelton nge-Invisalign, abantu baseMelika babona abantu abanamazinyo athe tye njengoko iipesenti ezingama-58 kunokwenzeka ukuba ziphumelele. Kananjalo kunokwenzeka ukuba babonwa njengabantu abonwabileyo, abasempilweni, kwaye abakrelekrele.

Njengomfundi ophakathi esikolweni onomzali ongenakho ukuhlawula i-orthodontic okanye i-orthodontic okanye unyango lwamazinyo, kunzima xa uchasene namanani anje.

Ngokwe-National Association of Dental Plans, ngo-2016, iipesenti ezingama-77 zabantu baseMelika babenomshuwalense wamazinyo. Isibini kwisithathu sabantu baseMelika abane-inshurensi babene-inshurensi yabucala yamazinyo, exhaswa ngumqeshi okanye ihlawulwe ngaphandle kwepokotho. Oku akusoloko kukhethwa kubantu abahluphekileyo.

ULaura Kiesel, umbhali ozimeleyo ovela kwingingqi yaseBoston, wahlawula ipokotho yakhe ukuze kukhutshwe amazinyo akhe obulumko kwaye wahamba ngaphandle kwe-anesthesia kuba wayengenakukwazi ukuhlawula i- $ 500 eyongezelelweyo. “Kwakubuhlungu ukuyiphaphama le nkqubo kuba amazinyo am obulumko ayenefuthe elikhulu kwithambo ekwakufuneka liqhekeke kwaye lalinegazi kakhulu,” ukhumbula oko uKiesel.

Ukungabikho kweinshurensi yamazinyo kunokukhokelela kwityala lezonyango kwaye ukuba awukwazi ukuhlawula, ityala lakho linokuthunyelwa kwiiarhente zokuqokelela kwaye linokuba nefuthe elibi kumanqaku akho etyala iminyaka.

ULillian Cohen-Moore, umbhali kunye nomhleli waseSeattle uthi: "Inkqubo yamazinyo ekuye kwafuneka ndiyenzile ithathe phantse ishumi leminyaka ukuhlawula.“Ndagqiba kwelokugqibela ityala lamazinyo kunyaka ophelileyo.”

Ugqirha wam wamazinyo waqinisekisa utata wam ukuba iMassHealth, ilizwe laseMassachusetts landise ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele ukuba uMthetho woKhathalelo ongenakufikeleleka usekwe, "ngokuqinisekileyo uya kundivuma" ngenxa yamazinyo am amabi. Akayi kuba naxhala malunga naziphi na iikopi. (Ukusukela ukusweleka kukamama, utata wam ebengumzali ongatshatanga kunye nomqhubi wekhabhathi esokola kwiminyaka emva koqoqosho. Umsebenzi wakhe awuzange uze ne-inshurensi yezempilo engama-401 (k) okanye yenkampani.)

Kwaye bendisazi ukuba ii-copays ziyakwenza ukuba ii-brace zam zingafikeleleki, kuba besisele sifikile emva kwenyanga kuyo yonke i-bill esinayo-irente, imoto, intambo kunye ne-intanethi.

Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, safumana iindaba nje zokuba i-inshurensi yam ayizukuhlawulela izihlangu zezilima

Babone ukuba amazinyo am akabi ngokwaneleyo. Ekuphela kwento endinokucinga ngayo ngumbumba wamazinyo owathathwa ngugqirha wamazinyo ngomlomo wam ngexesha lokuvavanywa kwam. I-putty eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka emile ekubambeni kwam, iminyundu egoso, kunye nokuxinana kumazinyo amane ongezelelweyo ababecwangcise ukukhupha ukuba ngoku andinakukwazi ukuwakhupha emlonyeni wam.

Ndisenayo i-chip kwizinyo lam langaphambili ukusukela xa ndiwa njengomntwana ngelixa ndibaleka.

"Ungcono ekubheneleni i-inshurensi, kwaye ulinde de emva kokuba une-brace ukuze ulungise i-chip," ucacise ugqirha wam wamazinyo.

Akukho zirekhodi zoncumo lwam kwiminyaka yam yamabanga aphakamileyo.

Kulapho amazinyo am ngokusemthethweni aba luphawu lokuba andinabutyebi okanye ndiphakathi. Ukutshintsha inkangeleko yakho lilungelo elifuna imali, izixhobo kunye nexesha. Ixabiso eliphakathi le-brace libaleka phakathi kwe- $ 3,000 ukuya kwi-7,000 yeedola- ebingenakufikeleleka ngokupheleleyo kuthi.

Utata wayendilande eskolweni ngeteksi yakhe okanye ndahamba ngenyawo ukugoduka kuba singenakho ukuhlawula imoto. Iiteki zam bezingeyiyo Incoko, ibizizinto zokungqengqeleka ezibonakala ziphantse zafana neConvers ngaphandle kwelogo yenkwenkwezi ebonakalayo. Kwaye amazinyo am ayengangqinanga, nangona wonke umntu owayekufutshane nam wayetyelele i-orthodontist yenyanga rhoqo ukulungiswa rhoqo.

Ke, kwiifoto, bendigcina umlomo wam ndivale umlomo wam uvaliwe. Akukho zirekhodi zoncumo lwam kwiminyaka yam yamabanga aphakamileyo. Ndayeka nokuncanca umnwe wam ebusuku emva kwengcebiso yam yokuqala yamazinyo, naxa ndandikhumbula ukurhona kukamama. Inxalenye yam yayihlala inethemba lokuba ngenye imini ndiya kuba nakho ukufumana izihlangu zezilima.

Ngesinye isikhathi, emva kokuba ndamanga intombazana, ndaqala ukuphakuzela malunga nokuba amazinyo am agoso aza "kungena endleleni" nokuba amazinyo am amabi ayendenza umntu ongamanga kakuhle. Wayenemigangatho yokubhabha kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi kwaye eyakhe yayisele ilungile ngokuchanekileyo.

Sekunjalo ngeendlela ezininzi, ndandinelungelo

Kwiminyaka ngaphambi kwe-ACA, ndandinokufikelela kukhathalelo lwamazinyo olusemgangathweni. Ndabona oogqirha bamazinyo bezinto ezicocekileyo zokucoca rhoqo kwiinyanga ezintandathu kwichaphaza ngaphandle kwepopay (ugqirha wam wamazinyo wahlawulisa kuphela i-25 yeedola ukuba uphose ukuqeshwa kathathu ngokulandelelana ngaphandle kokurhoxisa, oko kufanelekile).

Nangaliphi na ixesha ndinomngxunya, ndingafumana ukuzaliswa. Okwangoku, utata wam uhambe iminyaka eyi-15 engakhange abone ugqirha wamazinyo ngexesha apho iMassHealth ikhethe ukungagubungeli abantu abadala.

Emva koko, xa ndandineminyaka eli-17, ugqirha wam wamazinyo kunye nodokotela wamazinyo ekugqibeleni wabhenela i-inshurensi yam yempilo yoluntu ukuze ndihlawulele unyango lwam - kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo, ukusukela emva kweminyaka eli-18, oku akusayi kuphinda kukhethwe kwi-MassHealth.

Ndafakelwa izihlangu zezilima ngo-Agasti phambi konyaka wam ophakamileyo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ndaza ndacela ugqirha wamazinyo ukuba asebenzise amabhendi e-elastic kwipatheni yomnyama eguqukayo, kuba ndandifuna abantu baqaphele izihlangu zam xa ndincuma: Yindlela yam yokwazisa ukuba ndiza kungekudala azisenamazinyo abonakalayo.

Emva kokuba kukhutshwe amazinyo am amane ongezelelweyo, uncumo lwam luye lwakhululeka kakhulu kwaye izinyo ngalinye laqala ukushenxela endaweni yalo.

Eyona nto imbi kakhulu endiyenzileyo ihambile, kwaye kuMbulelo, umzala wam wandixelela ubuhle bam. Ndathatha i-selfie yam yokuqala ngamazinyo abonakalayo phantse kwiminyaka eyi-10.

Kuthathe iminyaka emihlanu ukukhupha ii-brace, xa kuthelekiswa nobude obuqhelekileyo bokhathalelo lwe-orthodontic.

Ndikhwela kwinqanaba eliphakathi ngoku, kwaye ndinomdla wokutshintsha indlela abantu abajonga ngayo abantu abahlwempuzekileyo kunokuba ndizitshintsha ukuze ndilungele umgangatho weklasi ngokumhlophe amazinyo am okanye ukwala ivenkile yempahla kwiivenkile ezinjengeWalmart okanye iPayless .

Kunyaka okanye njalo kunyango lwam, ugqirha wamazinyo waqala ukundenza iintloni ngobuqhetseba ngenxa yokungangeni kwizivumelwano eziqhelekileyo. Kodwa ikholeji yam yayingaphaya kweeyure ezimbini kwaye utata wayengenayo imoto. Ngendilahlekile kwi-inshurensi xa nditshintshela kwenye inkathalo.

Ukulibazisa unyango lwam lwamazinyo kuphele kundibiza iminyaka yexesha lam, kuba bendizokwazi ukuza kwizikhundla eziqhelekileyo ngelixa ndingumfundi wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ndihlala ekhaya.

Ngomhla abaphuma ngawo ekugqibeleni, ndandinombulelo wokuba ndingaphindi ndihlale kwigumbi lokulinda phakathi kwabantwana nakwishumi elivisayo- kwaye abantu abasayi kuphinda babuze ukuba kutheni ndibano-brace nge-22.

Ndinomsindo wokuba amazinyo asempilweni kunye nokunakekelwa kwamazinyo ayilolungelo wonke umntu anokufikelela kulo

Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, xa mna neqabane lam sasithatha iifoto zethu zokuzibandakanya, ndancuma xa ndibona ezam zivulekile, ndihleka iziqhu zakhe. Ndikhululeke ngakumbi ngoncumo lwam nokubonakala kwam. Kodwa ngelixa ndandikwazi ukulwa ukuze ndifumane i-inshurensi yam yezempilo yokugubungela unyango, abantu abaninzi abanalo nofikelelo kwimpilo esisiseko okanye kwi-inshurensi yamazinyo.

Amazinyo am akakabi mhlophe ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye xa ndijonga ngokusondeleyo, ndiyabona ukuba atyheli kancinci. Ndizibonile iimpawu zobumhlophe obuchubekileyo eofisini yam wamazinyo kwaye ndacinga ngokuhlawula ukuze ndibenze mhlophe ngaphambi komtshato wam, kodwa ayiziva ingxamisekile. Ayisiyo imvakalelo yokuphelelwa lithemba yokulungisa amazinyo am aphefumlelweyo xa ndandikwishumi elivisayo elingazithembanga ndifunda nje ukuba iimfuno ezisisiseko zihlala zifuna ubutyebi kunye nemali.

Ndikhwela kwinqanaba eliphakathi ngoku, kwaye ndinomdla wokutshintsha indlela abantu abajonga ngayo abantu abahlwempuzekileyo kunokuba ndizitshintsha ukuze ndilungele umgangatho weklasi ngokumhlophe amazinyo am okanye ukwala ivenkile yempahla kwiivenkile ezinjengeWalmart okanye iPayless .

Ngaphandle koko, loo ntombazana ndandinovalo ngokumanga ngamazinyo agoso kwiminyaka eyadlulayo? Uza kuba ngumfazi wam. Kwaye uyandithanda kunye okanye ngaphandle koncumo olumhlophe olungqalileyo.

UAlaina Leary ungumhleli, umphathi weendaba zosasazo kunye nombhali waseBoston, eMassachusetts. Okwangoku ungumhleli oncedisayo we-Equally Wed Magazine kunye nomhleli weendaba zosasazo ezingenzi-nzuzo Sifuna Iincwadi Ezahlukeneyo.