On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:37:08 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:27:19 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


The reason why health insurance policies typically place a low cap on
annual dental charges is directly related to the outrageous prices many
dentists charge for their work and the work of their "assistants," and
the mark-up on work they send out to their labs.

I was moved by a television show I saw the other day. In many
cultures, care givers will not charge for their services.... relying
for their livelihood on donations from their patients. These care
givers consider money charged for helping others. who are sick or in
pain, as tainted money.

Maybe auto workers, construction workers and plumbers can take up the
charge of living on donations in this culture.

Steve