I’ve been writing a lot about patients and doctors wresting away the management of health care from the dreaded insurance companies and government. In order for this to happen, the currently extant payment system must radically change. How do we accomplish this? It will not be an easy task, but as more influential people recognize the need, which seems to be happening, we can return to sanity.
And What About Dentists?
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.
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In Search of a Doc
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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