Exceptional Circumstances
| quote: Originally posted by parabellum:
Profitable, not profitable, whatever. There is no way on God's green Earth that I would tolerate a physician telling me "You will do (whatever), or else." I'd be on my feet and out of that office as fast as I could settle my bill and the doctor would get a hearty "FUCK YOU" on the way out. You're not releasing me, motherfucker, I am releasing you. Where I live, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an MD, OD, DDS or whatever. Some people treat physicians as if they're God Almighty. I am not one of those people. Body mechanics are not deities.
Fuck you and your ultimatums and cram your "or else" as far up your ass as you can get it.
You wanna push my buttons? Pull some shit like that when I am PAYING you for services, and you will get a response which leaves no doubt as to how I feel about that kind of bullshit.
The only thing a physician might do which would get a faster negative response from me is if they were to ask me about "guns in the home".
Couldn't agree more. Eff you and out the door. Not sure I would stop to settle up though 
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| quote: Originally posted by SW_Sig:
She told me I would be billed $60 for a no-show.
I had a similar situation, was told that I would be billed for a no-show. My response: "I was here at the appointed time. I have been waiting for almost an hour. Please tell me, which of us is the no-show?" I walked out and subsequently received a dunning letter from a collections agency. I sent them a standard "pound sand" reply, never heard anything again, nothing appeared on my credit report.
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School Curmudgeon
| Make sure your dentist isn't part of a large national dental group. Its often not obvious or advertised. There are several large companies that get smaller dentist offices to join and then basically drives them to rip people off. When I moved to TN, I went to a local dentist, suddenly I needed a root canal, they wouldn't accept x-rays from my previous dentist, so they needed their own, etc. I was surprised by all the work I suddenly needed. After talking to my SIL who worked for a dentist she said look up if they are part of a particular dental group, and they were. She warned me they push a lot of unneeded procedures. I then asked around work and found out everyone who goes there magically needs all kinds of BS work done. I found a new dentist, and 10 years later, still no root canal needed.
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Waiting for Hachiko
| quote: Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
X rays are NOT a huge profit machine. The money is in crowns, bridges and implants.
I just went to the dentist today. Broke a tooth Friday. Dentist examined it, and told me, after getting a root canal, I need to have it, and the adjacent tooth crowned. Price for crowning 2 teeth $1,730.00
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