Cyberpop wrote --
Dentists, Vets, & Funeral Directors only get the big bucks by fudging just a little in deniable ways sometimes technically within the law.
Funeral directors, as a rule, try to guilt people into buying more expensive coffins, etc. "Wouldn't your loved one...?"
I've donated my body to a med school. Provided the body isn't damaged, mangled or autopsied, they accept it, cut around on it a few years then cremate the remains. Those are put in a box for the family or put on a shelf somewhere and forgotten about, no d
In my job, we sometimes have to ship a body back home, & there's only one way to fly a corpse, & that's in a sealed steel tube, as cargo. The funeral directors know the regulations, & our request clearly stastes this is all we want, but then the invoice shows up & there's an extra $7,000 or more for an oak coffin, flowrers, & other accoutrements.
I reply back, "You'll get zero payment until we get a correct invoice"
Might take two or three repeats of that to get the right one (between $2K & $3K usually)
Their(dentists) problem is they can only do so much billable work per day, so to earn more from their trade they need to upgrader their billingcodes per patient.
The main thing I found is a dentist takes pride in his/her work and wants the patients mouth to reflect that. IOW, they want that mouth to be theirs, or a mix with others.
Probably different in the USA from socialist Canada. Of course, that extra pride costs the patient extra (the insurances I've worked for rarely covers more than 60% of the standard costs)
I've had good dentists, who only care aboput giving the best dental care possible, but they're literally a dying breed & being replaced by the new generation, trying to make big bugs as esily & quickly as possible. Not all, of course, I've met some young ones who were amazing!
Your friend,
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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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