Primarily about Penn State football, this is a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Aside from their willingness to explore dark, moist, cavernous spaces, a propensity proposed by The Redhead as common to dentists and gynecologists, dentists are worth including in the health care morass we’ve expounded upon here. So, I’ll now give you a dentist story or two.
But first, let me say that I don’t have dental insurance, so my relationships with dentists are not complicated by third-party payers. I’m the guy writing the checks and making the decisions.
Since The Turkey has been opining about doctors and decent health care, I decided I would join the “discussion.”
The Redhead’s Top Five Things I Hate about the U.S. Medical Profession
5. Physician’s Assistants. I agree with the Turkey on this one. ?????? ?????? ?????? When I go to the doctor, I want to see a doctor. P.A.’s are generally more arrogant than are doctors themselves. On a visit to my former OB/GYN’s office, I asked the P.A. a question of a personal nature (so I won’t mention it here). When the P.A. answered, she felt it necessary to do so by ending her sentence with “you silly girl.” My question might have been “silly” by her oh-so-knowledgable four year degree standards (okay, maybe two), but talking down to a patient in this manner is unacceptable. She may have been a P.A. at a gynecologist’s office, but she sure didn’t have much of a bedside manner.
So, the Turkey needs a new doctor. I’ll describe my travails here but first I’ll give you a little history.
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