NOYB wrote:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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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.

Name one culture in which a person spends 12 years in school, 4 years in
college, 4 years in medical school, and 2-4 years in a residency...and then
doesn't get compensated for his/her work. Donating a couple of chickens and
a cow will not help repay a school loan of $250,000...nor will it pay
malpractice insurance premiums equal to or greater than that amount.

My wife has had a bit more school than you have, and, in fact, is
pursuing her second doctorate, although this one is a PhD in
statistics/research. By choice, she does not receive compensation for 50
per cent of her professional time as a psychotherapist, and her
educational loans are pretty high.

Oh...and the culture she lives in is...this culture, here in disUnited
States.