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Your screen turns into a phone, and every key does something. Bartle McShill puts you on hold and leaves you a voicemail about overcoming your sadness. Bonnie from Peasant Relations explains why she stamps someone else's name on every letter. Newest on key 8: Bartle opens the CAC Meeting, which in his world stands for Community Attack Clan, from an empty mansion in a velvet jacket and a crown. There is an excuse slot machine, a game where you try to stay on the line, and a few wrong numbers. Not about any real person. About anyone who operates like this.
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A comic book in nine short chapters, with a game at the front where you play the villain. An invented company tries to take every low-income smile in California, loses most of the state, and holds on to one county with both hands. Sound effects, toys to poke, and the real record in boxes along the way. Not about any real person. About anyone who operates like this.
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Parody
Our first animated music video. The Root Canals set up in front of a cartoon Capitol, the crowd brings signs, a robot takes the last verse, and Bartle, Caroline and Esmeralda sneak around the speaker stack trying to stop the show. A minute and a half, with the words landing on the big screen as they are sung. Not about any real person. About anyone who operates like this.
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Article
A dental chain is paid for each procedure. A community health center is paid for each visit. Each rule rewards a different shortcut, and both have been caught. How the two models work, how the money moves, and the cases prosecutors and courts have actually proven, with every case labeled by how far it got.
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Our second parody and our first cartoon. Frederick helps people for a living. Caroline denies dental claims for one. Todd's sister set up the dinner, then remembered her oven. Three and a half minutes, drawn and sung, with the words on screen as they are said. Not about any real person. About anyone who operates like this.
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Missing teeth cost people jobs. The research says so, the State knows it, and Medi-Cal pays three plans a flat monthly fee, per member, to fix it. What the evidence shows, what California pays, and what happens between the payment and the chair, with the numbers drawn out. The first piece on the library's new articles shelf.
Parody
Our parody character takes the lectern for two minutes. Eleven slides, a corporate shield, a round of applause, and the words on screen as he says them. Not about any real person. About anyone who operates like this, in any way.
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You do not need a health app to see what your plan holds about you. Federal law lets you ask in writing, and the plan has 30 days. Which law binds the plan, which binds your dentist and which binds the State, what each of the three plans tells its members, why the company running your plan cannot hold your file hostage, and where to go when nobody answers.
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The State has told all three dental managed care plans that from 1 January 2027 a member must be able to watch a prior authorization move, in an app of their choosing, within one business day. Approved or denied, which items, when it expires, the reason for a no, and the file your dentist sent in. With a short track to listen to while you read.
Explainer
Every plan runs a process for reviewing what your dentist asks for. Who reviews it, what they are allowed to weigh, what has to be put in writing, and where the rules come from.
Explainer
The State's instructions to every Medi-Cal dental plan: 5 business days for a routine request, 72 hours for an urgent one, and a letter to you within 2 business days of the decision. Miss the deadline and it counts as a denial.
Explainer
In Sacramento County, joining a dental managed care plan is mandatory. A Beneficiary Dental Exception, or BDE, is the one legal route out, for members who cannot get an appointment. Who qualifies, the form, the deadlines, and what twelve months of the State's own reports show.
