"Your patients have $43k in available credit"...at a Dr's office :(

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Do tax work and was doing a return for a Dr. and in the paperwork was a statement from some company that he uses which provides credit accounts to patients.

The statement showed how much available credit the clients had available and suggested services or ideas that could be sold onto the patient. Kinda made me

I know it's all about the $$$ and expect medical care to be no different. Pushing services on those unable to afford it, and possibly unnecessary. I doubt the Dr. gave the statement a second thought, but I'm sure there are lots that do.

If you're wanting to nickel and dime, or scam or whatever people buying a car or buying a Playstation, fine. But on something like healthcare? Just seems kinda low.

Weak rant.

And to the woman driving the VW Beetle the other night in the rain. I don't care about your fuck fruit or crotch spawn, get the hell out of the fast lane. You're just making things more dangerous for yourself and passengers driving like that.

 

[Saint Nick]

...wow

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I've found that dentists are the worst about this..

 

[bignateyk]

I've found that dentists are the worst about this..

I didn't know we had anti-dentites frequenting these forums

 

[RearAdmiral]

I didn't know we had anti-dentites frequenting these forums

You'll need some invisalign to fix up that frown.

 

[OlafSicky]

I've found that dentists are the worst about this..

:thumbsup::thumbsup:
But doctors are a close second but lower on the scale since their lives impact lives more than bad teeth mechanics do.

 

[slightlyhuman]

what doctor?

 

[silverpig]

I didn't know we had anti-dentites frequenting these forums

The next thing you know you will be saying they should have their own schools!

 

[CrackRabbit]

I've found that dentists are the worst about this..

Yes, they are.
Every time I went in to get my teeth cleaned it was like dealing with a sleazy used car sales guy trying to sell you braces/other alignment crap, a shitty electric toothbrush, oral cancer screenings and lots of "optional" procedures that cost shittons of money.

 

[Fritzo]

I use Carecredit to supplement my insurance. It's like a credit card for medical/dental expenses, and they have interest free programs for 12 months. Takes the sting out of a $1000 crown.

Anyway, I could see them pulling something like that.

 

[slightlyhuman]

????????????

 

[Homerboy]

how does my doctor know my credit line? They'd have to run a credit report on me.

 

[JTsyo]

how does my doctor know my credit line? They'd have to run a credit report on me.

Read the OP, what do you think that company was doing for the doctor?

 

[Homerboy]

Read the OP, what do you think that company was doing for the doctor?

I missed the point there was a 3rd party involved.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yes, they are.
Every time I went in to get my teeth cleaned it was like dealing with a sleazy used car sales guy trying to sell you braces/other alignment crap, a shitty electric toothbrush, oral cancer screenings and lots of "optional" procedures that cost shittons of money.

I go to a practice that was started as a nonprofit specifically to help poor people. I pay full price, being slightly less poor than most. But then again, I'm subsidizing some single mom, so it's a moral victory. The best part is that nobody tries to sell you anything. Also, a lot of the staff are attractive younger women doing a few years of nonprofit work to get a loan incentive. (There's a community college up the street.)

It's kind of a win-win-win-win.

 

[disappoint]

Wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth is the biggest scam ever. I'm fairly certain a nigerian dentist came up with this shit.

Fucking 10 years ago I had a dentist tell me I should have my wisdom teeth pulled.

I had the wisdom to not have it done. I guess that's the real reason they call them wisdom teeth. If they don't bother me, why should I have them pulled?

 

[foghorn67]

Wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth is the biggest scam ever. I'm fairly certain a nigerian dentist came up with this shit.

Fucking 10 years ago I had a dentist tell me I should have my wisdom teeth pulled.

I had the wisdom to not have it done. I guess that's the real reason they call them wisdom teeth. If they don't bother me, why should I have them pulled?

Yes. Because anecdotal stories applies to everything!
If I could walk on the freeway, and not get hit...you should try it too!
Eff that safety crap.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

My wisdom teeth hurt like a bitch. That's why I had them pulled.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

????????????

Sorry didn't see till now. And some sort of DDS.

 

[KeithP]

I've found that dentists are the worst about this..

What? Talking about confidential tax information on the internet?

-KeithP

 

[slightlyhuman]

Sorry didn't see till now. And some sort of DDS.

lol. Want to PM the name? For someone that lives in my town you sure are mysterious. :whiste:

 

[Gooberlx2]

I've never once had a family doc try to sell me on shit he didn't think I needed. Dentists I'm leery of. I feel like they push, for example, crowns more than they should for borderline cases (like mine) where a filling could still suffice.

The couple times I've been to a chiropractor, I ended up feeling like I was being pushed on a timeshare.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I am weary of dentists, but the one I go to now seems legit ... shows me a scan, shows an obvious issue, I get it filled.

 

[AstroManLuca]

My dentist pushed cosmetic dentistry on me the first time I came in. I have a small gap between my front teeth. I said I didn't want it and he hasn't mentioned it since then.

 

[FoBoT]

i missed that part why commie doctors are good but commie automobiles or commie game consoles are bad