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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2008foreign dentist discrimination- myth or fact??
> http://www.fff.org/freedom/1096d.asp > > "Dentists have perennially used licensing laws to drill consumers. > Economist Lawrence Shepard of the University of California at Davis > estimates that unjustified state government restrictions on dental > licensing add between 12 and 15 percent to the cost of dental care. The > Federal Trade Commission estimated that unjustified restrictions on dental > service cost consumers $700 million a year. " > > "Many state dental associations seem more devoted to wiring the law than > to fixing teeth. " > > "Foreign dentists are especially discriminated against by dental licensing > regulations. In most states, it is far easier for a foreign doctor to get > a license to perform bypasses on Americans' hearts than for a foreign > dentist to get a license to fill cavities in Americans' teeth. The FTC > concluded that the restrictive state laws - and the resulting higher > prices of dental care - were a major reason why 20 million Americans have > never visited a dentist" I can tell you this... Patients discriminate against foreign practitioners, even though the average patient could care less where their MD or dentist went to school. Part of the reason for this is certainly cultural, but I can tell you that I "discriminate" because so many foreign practitioners lack adequate English skills. If an MD or dentist doesn't understand 100% of what a patient is saying, and the patient can't understand 100% of what the practitioner is saying, then you have a setup for disaster. That said, one dental associate who sometimes draws my case is Israeli, I have no problems with his English or his dentistry. Vaughn My patients never have a problem understanding my English , I am very fluent >I can tell you this... Patients discriminate against foreign practitioners, >even though the average patient could care less where their MD or dentist [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Vaughn > My patients never have a problem understanding my English , I am very fluent Good! But it was not my intention to single out you in particular or even dentists in general. There are all kinds of "discrimination", most of them perfectly legitimate and understandable. You "discriminate" every time you go shopping. You first choose one store over another, and then one product over another, all for reasons that are entirely your own. "Discrimination" is a word that has somehow gotten a bad rap in our politically correct society. Vaughn I could never understand why English deficient doctors do not take classes in order to improve their communication skills. >> My patients never have a problem understanding my English , I am very >> fluent [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Vaughn >> My patients never have a problem understanding my English , I am very fluent >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Vaughn Regularly discriminate against Lite beer and blended (yuk) Scotch... > I am very fluent More like flatulent. get lost, you are just a jerk/scum bag( looking at your postings anyone could tell, get a life) >> I am very fluent > > More like flatulent. Flatulent with personal attacks. I rest my case. >get lost, you are just a jerk/scum bag( looking at your postings anyone >could tell, get a life) >>> I am very fluent >> >> More like flatulent. I rest my case too > Flatulent with personal attacks. > I rest my case. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>> >>> More like flatulent. hog wash  Signature/ Amatus / >> http://www.fff.org/freedom/1096d.asp >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> prices of dental care - were a major reason why 20 million Americans have >> never visited a dentist" |
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