Maybe this shows that there can be bad apples in any profession. Get a
second opinion and rate.
> [Original Message]
> From: John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>
> To: David Porter <Frogeye@swcp.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/18/06 12:53:11 PM
> Subject: RE: Non Healey-seeking opinions
>
> Welcome to the real world! I had a dentist once who charged one fee if you
> had insurance and a lesser fee if you did not.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
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> www.healey6.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On
> Behalf Of David Porter
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:45 AM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Non Healey-seeking opinions
>
> Listers,
>
> After 55 years I required my first filling and now only two years later
it
> has already fallen out. Of course my dentist has retired and the new
dentist
> won't make good on the "other" guys work. OK, so I make an appointment and
> wait for a week and during the course of the week the office staff call me
> to confirm the appointment and to question my ability to pay for the work.
> When I ask how much it will cost I'm told that it depends on the number of
> points of attachment and that starts me thinking about clever ways to bill
> dentists based on the number of turns per bolt (sorry I digress). Anyway I
> go to the appointment this AM. First they have already lost my previous
> records and now I'm wondering if this is a deliberate ploy to justify more
> billable work. (the chip on my shoulder is getting bigger) Next the clerk
> says I need my mouth x-rayed. I say, "What for is that for?" "We need to
> X-ray your fillings" I explain that I don't HAVE any fillings and since
I'm
> in no pain I'm assuming the remainder of the tooth and root is healthy
and I
> only want the filling replaced. Clearly the clerk is not happy about this
> and now tells me that she wants to take my payment before ANYONE has even
> looked at the tooth (I'm recalling the number of points of attachment
> discussion).
>
> Well, I walked out. I am appalled at the way medicine has turned patients
> into nothing more than a receivable. I am wrong?
>
> Would you accept that from your health care provider? Is this what I can
> expect from other dentists?
>
> Dave
>
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> frogeye@swcp.com
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