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-Hi, and welcome to my story with CareCredit.
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We all have stories,
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but what makes these stories unique
is that they are about people
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who are able to get life-changing treatment,
procedures,
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or medical care for themselves,
their family, and their pets.
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All of the people featured on my story
with CareCredit did it
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with their CareCredit credit card.
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CareCredit is a leading
national health care credit card
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that can enable you to get
many of the procedures,
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and treatments you want now and pay over time.
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With everyday promotional financing
on purchases of $200 or more.
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CareCredit is accepted at hundreds
of thousands of locations nationwide.
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To pay for care whenever you need and want it.
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I'm your host Amy Frena.
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Today, we are going to hear a story
from a young woman
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who lost her front tooth
right before she was supposed to go
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on the vacation of a lifetime
with her boyfriend's family.
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Let's find out how this story
had a happy ending.
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-Hi, my name is Elizabeth and CareCredit
helped me overcome my biggest fear.
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My biggest fear
has always been losing my teeth.
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I've always had really bad luck
since I was little with my teeth,
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unfortunately.
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I've just always had really poor low calcium.
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One of the biggest ones
was losing my front teeth.
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It's a week before I leave on this trip
to Barcelona with my boyfriend
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and his family for the first time.
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I was talking to my coworker
about all the food and drinks
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that I'm going to try while I'm there.
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I made this gesture of "mmh."
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Next thing you know my front tooth just folds
and it just goes "poop."
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I'm thinking "Oh, my God.
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It's actually happened.
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I'm losing my teeth."
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I have no idea what I am supposed to do
or if I can even leave now
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because I have a front tooth missing.
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How am I going to travel like that
and go abroad and take family photos
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with my front tooth missing?
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Who does that?
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My next big fear
was how am I even going to afford this?
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I just saved so much money
to go on this big trip
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and now I have this big financial burden.
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It was very expensive to do the work.
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I freaked out, I called my dentist,
and thankfully,
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that very same day I was able to set up
my CareCredit credit card.
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CareCredit was there to save the day.
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I was able to go on my trip,
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have no worries and now
I have a beautiful smile.
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Thank you CareCredit for saving the day.
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-Hey, I'm Amy,
and today we have a special guest.
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Elizabeth who is going to tell us
about her CareCredit story.
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-How are you today?
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-I'm doing great.
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How are you?
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-I'm good.
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Thank you so much.
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Tell us about how did your journey
with CareCredit start?
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-Well, it all started
when I lost my front tooth.
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-Your front tooth?
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I see all your teeth right now.
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That's good [laughs].
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-It was about a week before I was supposed
I went on a family trip
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with my boyfriend and his family to Barcelona.
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-Not even your own family?
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-No, yes.
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It was the first time.
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-No pressure.
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-Yes.
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[laughter]
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-First time traveling
with his family and him abroad.
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The Monday before we leave,
my front tooth out of nowhere just pops off.
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I've always had dental issues
since I was little.
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I knew it was something
that I would want to get done.
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I was waiting a few years
to save money to do it.
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Because it is pretty expensive
and insurances don't cover everything.
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Unfortunately, it just had to be done
when it happened.
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I'm sitting at work talking
about this amazing trip to Barcelona.
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I don't know where I make this gesture
because I'm so excited
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about all the Sangria and the food
we are going to try.
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-Of course, I would do that too.
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-I go like this, like I'm so excited.
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I don't know why I just feel my front tooth
just fold out and I think,
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"Oh, my God.
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This can't be happening."
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A week before I leave for Barcelona
with my boyfriend and his family.
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Just one of the biggest fears I've ever had.
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-Was this the first time
you had met his family?
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-No, but it was our first time traveling
and traveling abroad.
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You know family portraits and photos
are going to be taken the entire trip.
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How am I suppose to travel
with missing teeth?
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-Did you cry?
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-No.
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-I would have.
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[laughter]
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-I was okay.
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I knew that my dentist would take care of me,
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but the other bigger fear
was taking care of this cost.
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It's expensive, and here I was spending
enough money already
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on this trip to Barcelona.
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Who has the money to get their teeth done?
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In a pinch, CareCredit came through.
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It really helped me put all of my stress
and any worries aside
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and I was able to enjoy the trip.
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-You had your sangria and your food?
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[laughter]
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-Yes.
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-Yes, exactly,
and a great new set of teeth.
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-Right.
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Okay, let's back up a little bit.
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You go to the doctor,
or to your dentist and you say,
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"This happened to me I'm so obviously,
rather distraught.
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I need this fixed now,
not in a couple of weeks.
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Right now."
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I'm sure they offered you,
"Well, here are some payment options."
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How did you choose CareCredit
over the other options?
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-It was the first option.
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It's the first one.
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I said, "Let's go.
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I've heard of this before."
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The CareCredit company wasn't foreign to me.
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I had seen it before and whatnot.
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I thought, "Well, yes.
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Let's do it.
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I have to."
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It was really simple to get it all set up
and get approved.
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Which made it very convenient as well.
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-Right of course.
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You could not worry about it
and go on your trip.
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-Yes, exactly.
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It was very frightening
and stressful at first,
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but I knew I'd be taken care of and I was.
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-You said earlier that you were waiting
a couple of years to do a full procedure.
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You ended up doing the full procedure
right then rather than waiting?
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-Exactly, yes.
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-What a blessing that offered to you?
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-Yes,
it was definitely a blessing in disguise.
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It was a matter of I either take care
of one tooth or I do all my front teeth.
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-The whole kit and caboodle [laughs].
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-Exactly.
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It was something that my dentist
and I had discussed before
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and I think she was more stressed out
than I was.
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I was like, "Okay,
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you know it's time,
we are going to do it.
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This has to happen now."
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My only stress at the time
was being able to afford everything
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because it was so expensive.
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-Of course, I have done dental work I know.
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When you are on this trip
with your boyfriend's family.
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Your confidence obviously is radiating
because now not only was one thing fixed,
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but everything's fixed and you are feeling
so good about yourself?
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-Exactly.
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I was able to travel.
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It was an amazing trip and worry-free.
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Able to go on the trip,
enjoy all the food and sites.
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-All the family photos.
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-Exactly.
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-You had said earlier that before you got
the CareCredit credit card
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that you had heard about it.
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How did you hear about it?
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-I had heard about it before
from previous dental work
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that I had gotten done.
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I had had crowns and veneers before done.
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I wasn't satisfied with my work prior
so I knew it was something
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that I would have to get done again.
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-Have you used your CareCredit card
for anything else?
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-Oh, yes.
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-Tell us more.
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-I absolutely have.
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About six months later,
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after I go through
this teeth falling out incident.
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I visit my optometrist and I had had issues
with my vision.
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My eyes being very dry, and I had a build-up
on my oil glands.
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When I was blinking,
my eyes weren't getting moisturized basically.
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There was this treatment that my optometrist
recommended called a lipiFlow treatment.
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It's not covered by insurances.
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I prepared for it, come the new year,
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I had set aside money through my employer
with my FSA health card.
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I have the treatment done, I go to pay for it,
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and they tell me
that my FSA health card is denied.
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Now I know that's not possible
because I have saved the money.
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It was all available to me upfront,
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and so I call this company
that is the FSA Card, healthcare company.
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They tell me that the reason my card
wasn't working
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was because they had closed out that card
and sent me a new one in the mail.
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-Well, that's timely.
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-Yes.
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Exactly.
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Here I am at my optometrist
trying to pay for this procedure.
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Again, that's not covered by insurance
and it's easily over $1,000,
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but luckily
I had my CareCredit credit card on hand.
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-You said, "No problem.
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I got this."
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-Exactly.
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-Good.
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Oh, that's wonderful.
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You've had a lot of last-minute little things
that have happened that ended up
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working out in your favor.
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-Yes, and CareCredit
was there in a pinch to help.
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-I love that.
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If there is anyone out there that's listening
or watching that's maybe debating
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how to finance some big procedure.
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What advice do you have for them?
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-I would say,
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really plan out what it is that you are
planning on getting done.
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Maybe plan it a year ahead
and get the CareCredit credit card.
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-Tell me about your level of satisfaction
with the CareCredit credit card.
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-Oh, it's great.
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It's been really easy with the two procedures
that I had.
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Coming through and being able
to use it both times.
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-In a pinch.
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-In a pinch yes.
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It's so difficult sometimes,
especially when, again,
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health providers, insurances
don't cover everything
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that you're able to, or at least that I'm able
to rely on my CareCredit credit card.
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I intend to potentially use it if I decide
to get LASIK in a year or two.
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-That's on your radar.
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-Yes.
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Again, I'll probably plan that out and see
what that will look like
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in the big picture,
how much that might cost.
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-If you were to leave a review
for CareCredit online,
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what would it be?
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What would you say?
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-I would say thank you
for coming through in a pinch.
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They've made it really easy
for these two procedures that I had,
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which really helps
when you're trying to balance life,
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finances and also take care of emergencies
like this.
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I would say definitely consider applying
and having one.
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-Elizabeth well thank you so much
for sharing your story with us.
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I know you've inspired me
and others at home.
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Thank you for your time.
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-Thank you so much for having me.
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-Elizabeth's smile and photos from the trip
are beautiful
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and CareCredit was proud to be a part of it.
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Remember CareCredit
is a leading national healthcare credit card.
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That can enable you to get
many of the procedures and treatments
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you want now and pay over time
with everyday promotional financing
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on purchases of $200 or more.
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CareCredit is accepted at hundreds
of thousands of locations
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nationwide to pay for care
whenever you need and want it.
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If you are interested in applying
for a CareCredit credit card
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or would like to find a provider in your area
who accepts CareCredit,
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visit us at carecredit.com.
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