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    >   Cyberpop wrote --   
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    > > Dentists, Vets, & Funeral Directors only get the big bucks by fudging just   
    > > a little in deniable ways sometimes technically within the law.   
      
    >   Funeral directors, as a rule, try to guilt people into buying more   
    > expensive coffins, etc.  "Wouldn't your loved one...?"   
    >   I've donated my body to a med school.  Provided the body isn't damaged,   
    > mangled or autopsied, they accept it, cut around on it a few years then   
    > cremate the remains.  Those are put in a box for the family or put on a   
    > shelf somewhere and forgotten about, no d   
      
   In my job, we sometimes have to ship a body back home, & there's only one way   
   to fly a corpse, & that's in a sealed steel tube, as cargo.  The funeral   
   directors know the regulations, & our request clearly stastes this is all we   
   want, but then the invoice shows up & there's an extra $7,000 or more for an   
   oak coffin, flowrers, & other accoutrements.   
      
   I reply back, "You'll get zero payment until we get a correct invoice"   
      
   Might take two or three repeats of that to get the right one (between $2K & $3K   
   usually)   
      
    > > Their(dentists) problem is they can only do so much billable work per day,   
    > > so to earn more from their trade they need to upgrader their billingcodes   
    > > per patient.   
      
    >   The main thing I found is a dentist takes pride in his/her work and wants   
    > the patients mouth to reflect that.  IOW, they want that mouth to be theirs,   
    > or a mix with others.   
      
   Probably different in the USA from socialist Canada. Of course, that extra   
   pride costs the patient extra (the insurances I've worked for rarely covers   
   more than 60% of the standard costs)   
      
   I've had good dentists, who only care aboput giving the best dental care   
   possible, but they're literally a dying breed & being replaced by the new   
   generation, trying to make big bugs as esily & quickly as possible.  Not all,   
   of course, I've met some young ones who were amazing!   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
   Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM   
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