Save Money on Dental Expenses by Staying Within Your Network

Here's a way to save money on your dental expenses -- by staying in your network. The details from Money magazine:

These days most dental insurance works much like the typical health insurance plan, in which you pay a lot less if you use providers in the insurer's network than if you go outside the plan. If you haven't yet switched from your out-of-network family dentist to a practitioner who's on your plan, what are you waiting for? Your savings: 15% to 35% on the cost of most routine dental procedures, according to Mercer, a human-resources consulting firm.

My thoughts:

1. A good point, but this is saving on medical expenses 101. Staying in network is key to saving on all sorts of medical expenses.

2. 15% to 35% savings is pretty good -- nothing to sneeze at!

3. For more money saving ideas (medical and otherwise), see 301 Saving Money Posts -- Hundreds of Ideas on How to Save Money.