The Best Healthcare in the World
Feb 28th, 2007 at 10:37 am by Susie
Ah, Jesus. This shouldn’t happen in a civilized country:
WASHINGTON - Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.
A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him.
If his mother had been insured.
If his family had not lost its Medicaid.
If Medicaid dentists weren’t so hard to find.
If his mother hadn’t been focused on getting a dentist for his brother, who had six rotted teeth.
By the time Deamonte’s own aching tooth got any attention, the bacteria from the abscess had spread to his brain, doctors said. After two operations and more than six weeks of hospital care, the Prince George’s County boy died.
The problem is the American Welfare system. Not for the poor but for professionals like Doctors and Dentists.
There just are not enough Doctors or Dentists to go around. And thes there are just want to make as much money as they can.
But clearly you don’t need to go to school for 20 years to pull a tooth. The only real to this situation of white-collar greed is some good old fashion capitalism. Lets Nurse Practicioners, PA’s, and Dental Hygentists do some work that Doctors and Dentists just don’t want to do.
Bye the way I go to medical school.
A bit of parent education wouldn’t go astray. Two children with rotten teeth - maybe a diet change is in order.