Shortage of Dentists in British single payer system

dugggy

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:42 PM
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Shortage of Dentists in British single payer system

Looks like in the British National Health Care System, Dentists are allowed
to OPT Out of the system. If a similar system is set up in US, I hope they will
mandate each doctor & dentist to put in atleast half of their time in the system.
Otherwise we will all go through what people on Medicare (single payer system)
are going through, which is majority of doctors don't accept new medicare patients.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a1Kn6xGSdDWE&refer=home

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KingOfLostSouls

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:48 PM
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1. theres a british dentistry joke just waiting to happen

I just don't wanna be the first one to say it.

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dugggy

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:49 PM
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3. Come on say it, I wanna hear it

puleez!

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KingOfLostSouls

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:54 PM
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5. haha

I mean seriously, the whole british dental care joke thing has been done to death

but this article just I dunno...you kinda gotta smirk just a lil bit

no offense to our friends across the pond meant.

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dugggy

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:48 PM
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2. Nationalized/Socialized medicine....

whatever you want to call it, we can't go half ass. Either it is
mandatory for all including the rich and the doctors or forget it.

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kurth

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Wed Jan-16-08 11:51 PM
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4. The more urgent need is medical care

- any type of medical care at all besides the ER - for most people who are currently uninsured. Many people have lived to a ripe old age with bad teeth.

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Sarah Ibarruri

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:00 AM
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6. Amen. The point of great teeth if you're dead is.... nothing. Besides, we don't EVEN have dental

care here! We have NOTHING here! If you don't have plenty of money in the U.S., you're out of luck on all accounts.

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dugggy

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:00 AM
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7. That is not the point....

The real story to me here is that if doctors or dentists are allowed to
opt out of the system, the access and quality of care will be pathetic.

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Viva_La_Revolution

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Thu Jan-17-08 01:39 AM
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13. and many of us formerly healthy people can no longer eat properly...

and therefore are not so healthy anymore.

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sandnsea

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:02 AM
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8. Make education inexpensive

And there will be enough dentists and doctors to go around.

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Diane R

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:09 AM
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9. My son, a new dentist, and his girlfriend, a new pediatrician, are over a half million in debt.

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sandnsea

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:15 AM
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10. That is absolutely insane

I think so many more people would do so much more with their lives if the prospect of thousands of dollars of debt weren't hanging over their head. Low income people are just not used to thousands of dollars of anything.

Instead of framing their diploma, your kids should frame their student loan contract so people will understand why office visits are so dang expensive!

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dugggy

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Thu Jan-17-08 01:30 AM
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11. Half a million is peanuts...they will pay it off in 3-4 years n/t

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Horse with no Name

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Thu Jan-17-08 01:31 AM
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12. Hardly. n/t

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