Comments on: Dental Vacation http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/dental_vacation.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/dental_vacation.html/comment-page-1#comment-50391 Doug Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:31:42 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/02/dental-vacation.html#comment-50391 My wife is an FP. Thank goodness she is employed, otherwise, her ability to make an income would be difficult. Congress insists that the way to control costs is to cut payment for medicaid spending. After all, doctors who spent number of years in med school and fore gone financial gratification for 3-5 further years while in residency are really making far to much money. Not to mention the $100k student loan to payback. Why doesn't Congress pay money to have a tooth filled? More dentists would take medicaid clients then. Dentists see what has happened to the medical field and don't want it to happen to them. My wife is an FP. Thank goodness she is employed, otherwise, her ability to make an income would be difficult. Congress insists that the way to control costs is to cut payment for medicaid spending. After all, doctors who spent number of years in med school and fore gone financial gratification for 3-5 further years while in residency are really making far to much money. Not to mention the $100k student loan to payback.

Why doesn’t Congress pay money to have a tooth filled? More dentists would take medicaid clients then. Dentists see what has happened to the medical field and don’t want it to happen to them.

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