There's no contradiction. Lots of insurance plans and systems, whether in the US or not, don't cover dental or don't make it "free". Let me introduce you to Mos

There's no contradiction. Lots of insurance plans and systems, whether in the US or not, don't cover dental or don't make it "free". Let me introduce you to Mosonmagyaróvár <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dentistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dent...>, a small town with no fewer than 350 dentists, because so many Austrians and other western Europeans cross the Hungarian border to visit. Dental care is so cheap that an Austrian can get work done on his teeth and take a local vacation for less than what he would pay in Vienna. Dentists even have their own small hotels <https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/ https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/> to serve such patients!