Comments on: Dental Cartel http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/dental_cartel.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: David Bernstein http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/dental_cartel.html/comment-page-1#comment-52003 David Bernstein Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:10:37 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/10/dental-cartel.html#comment-52003 My dad is a retired dentist. I remember years ago him telling me that Medicaid in New York paid $8 for a filling, compared to the market rate or $65. As a result, the only dentists who took Medicaid were ones who engaged in fraud, because it was impossible to make a living otherwise (my dad didn't take it). He also told me that when he first started practice in the early 60s, the norm was for dentists to do free or reduced-price work one afternoon a week, but that the advent of government programs killed the norm. My dad is a retired dentist. I remember years ago him telling me that Medicaid in New York paid $8 for a filling, compared to the market rate or $65. As a result, the only dentists who took Medicaid were ones who engaged in fraud, because it was impossible to make a living otherwise (my dad didn’t take it).

He also told me that when he first started practice in the early 60s, the norm was for dentists to do free or reduced-price work one afternoon a week, but that the advent of government programs killed the norm.

]]> By: Salil http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/dental_cartel.html/comment-page-1#comment-52002 Salil Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:34:13 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/10/dental-cartel.html#comment-52002 Dentistry is also interesting as an example because of the recent closure of a number of private dental schools due to costs . . . perhaps most notably Northwestern's closure in 2001, after 107 years and after having had one of the top programs in the nation. Dentistry is also interesting as an example because of the recent closure of a number of private dental schools due to costs . . . perhaps most notably Northwestern’s closure in 2001, after 107 years and after having had one of the top programs in the nation.

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