Posts Tagged ‘medical costs’
Are you happy with your smile? now a part of your “medical history”
Posted by: msgruntled on: June 29, 2009
My last post was about my previous dentist. Previous, because when he determined I needed four new fillings, he refused to offer me traditional amalgams. Instead, he tried to sell me resin composites, which, oh strangely, run about four times the cost to me of amalgams. Thus started my Googling and contacting 6 other local dentists to find one who still does amalgams, which I will note here are still endorsed by the American Dental Association. I got to hear various lines of B.S. on the subject, so the effort was not a total waste. The most astonishing and disconcerting one was the dentist who told me that, in fact, many of his patients have their amalgams removed to get composites. Okay, stop and think about this one:
Health care: The myth of HSAs and medical costs
Posted by: msgruntled on: November 1, 2008
HSAs with high deductibles are not going to lead to “more judicious” shopping for health care, because getting medical care is not like getting your oil changed.
rants about rampant stupidity, hypocrisy, bad customer service, and other annoyances that are thinning my hair out
- Ex AIG chairman joins Hall of No Shame « msgruntled: [...] About Class warfare in America: the elephant in the room Introducing the Hall of No-Shame; Nominations welcome [...]
- jm: I just got the message from the Jack Stone dickhead.
- msgruntled: No he didn't pay penalties, he paid interest. There is a difference. The Washington Post covered this story in detail including several interviews wit
