>   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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