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While ago, I just got my first full-time job with full benefit, such as 401k, health insurance, and dental care. I was happy with all that, and since I haven’t cleansed my teeth for long time. I decided that I need to make an appointment with one of the dentist that my father recommended. The doctor office was located around the Chinatown area along the Buford Highway, and my father told me that he was doing dental care for him recently. I got my first appointment, and have my teeth checked. The dentist recommended me to do a deep - tissue cleansing on my teeth, since my teeth has many food leftover in it. It needed to be removed all those food leftover. The total charge for it was $240, and my insurance only pay for 80% out of it, and the rest I have to pay out of my pocket. I was happy to pay for the rest without questioning. Later on my other visits, he also charged over $100 above on every visit, just for cleaning only. I didn’t question it about the price, since my dental care pay for everything, and I won’t need to worry about anything.

There were several employees in my work place who isn’t full - time, so they were without dental care. They told me that it only cost $60 to get their teeth clean. So I told other full - time employees about this matter of overcharged from my dentist. They told me the exact situation that they have occurred. With the dental care, the dentist usually charge a little extra more on everything. Because you won’t need to pay, the insurance paying for you. Those people who without a insurance, doesn’t have that much money pay for their dental visits, so they will be charged less. From what I heard, this situation is unethical. Why they have to charged on people who has insurance coverage, and people who doesn’t. That is cheating on insurance money. Shame on those doctors.

One time, a friend of mine called for appointment on a dentist office around that area again. He wanted to check on the price before to make a visit. The receptionist told him that the price will be $120 for cleaning. He declined it, because they shouldn’t charge that much. She told my friend, you needn’t to worry, anyway, the insurance will pay for you. But still, that’s unethical, you shouldn’t cheating on insurance money.

I recommend that our federal government should check on these unethical dentists on the practice of charge fees on their customers. Especially those Asian dentists around the chinatown area, most of them are charging over the roof price on insurance carrier.

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