BayouVixen's Blog

I know what you mean! NINE HUNDRED dollars for a root canal? It's all about the $$$$ You were in the Marines I see...THANK YOU! If you are not here Illegally you are screwed. Good Luck!

Poor Oral hygiene promotes poor all round health.
Today's news that 18,000 citizens unnecessarily die due to allowing teeth to rot before getting medical attention.
Unlike other Countries who have National health services to cover such needs.
Clostridium and other forms of bacteria can build up under a tooth, cause blood poisoning and even brain tumors. (the brain being the closest organ).
People wonder why they feel so lifeless with bad teeth and those having treatment allow the dentist to plug with the same old cheap amalgam made half from toxic mercury, half from lead and other metals leaching and poisoning your system for many years.

Yes, the dentists are out of control with their get rich quick policies charging so much for a crown where the technician only receives 15% for the work.
Lucky me, I have a technician who takes impressions and fits crowns and bridges for a fraction of the cost on the side.
Some over the border dentists would treat for one third the cost here with exceptional work but the cost of motels and gas makes it now not affordable.

The medical center dental clinic has a long wait as most patients are immigrants and their kids having low cost and/or free treatment.
The charge $17. for one extraction if you're their before 7am first come first served Parking was $7. but now costs have increased.
We need a medical system to treat all and a stop to the scams billing the govnt. billions in handling the private side and the savings would save thousands from unnecessary death.

Waiting until your teeth are bad, especially with knowledge of the family trait, isn't good. Not reviewing your dental policy prior to the work isn't good either. Double check that your policy is a $2,000 limit and not a $2,000 YEARLY limit (as most are). The dentist should have sat down with you and explained the whole game plan, what your insurance was expected to pay, and how much you would be responsible for; you should have requested the game plan prior to treatment.

It really irritates me the amounts dentists charge. It seems they are one of the true monopoly's out there. Most of us HAVE to have their services. The only way to avoid the high costs is to stay on top of your oral health with preventative care.

fyinfo,
Would you share the name of your technician with us less fortunate?
My father did that, & saved a lot, but long ago.

Many of us have this need & SO expensive!

bayou,
Always your blogs are interesting, & I hope all works out for you!

BayouVixen: Premiums are higher because we are already paying for everybody's health care. I am paying for other people's lung cancer, lymphoma, etc. That has never bothered me. Yet my child with a neurological disease, autism, is excluded from insurance and any therapy I seek for other problems for him will get rejected because that autism diagnosis comes in and they say, "We don't cover autism." I then have to submit objection after objection that the treatment being received is not due to his autism, but it always falls on deaf ears. It has nothing to do with tort reform. Until we get rid of the good old boy system where doctors will report other doctors who are doing bad things, the courts are sometimes the only way to help. You should look up the name Eric Scheffey on Houston Chronicle archives from 1989 to current and read about this orthopedic surgeon. You don't think his colleagues and that hospital he practiced at knew he was doing drugs? When I was working for a cardiologist, he once told me he would never refer his patients to doctor XYZ because that doctor was a drug addict, alcoholic, etc. Yet the doctor I worked for, well at least the office manager, was involved in Medicare/Medicaid fraud and I was fired for stepping up and saying something. That is another reason why premiums are so high. There are some other things, too, that play into this. When I had a spinal tap, the radiologist hit a nerve, and I had horrible pain postop. I got 2 Vicodin before being discharged and I paid $8.00 for 2 pills. You can get a month's supply of this drug from W