Authorities said a 70-year-old woman ran the unlicensed dentistry out of her Hempstead kitchen.

Lisa needs braces.

  • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    I would never do this, but I get why people would go to her. Go to a licensed dentist and maybe you get an appointment 4 months from now, and then you have to fill out several pages of forms and people ask all kinds of questions and who knows how much they charge you in the end. Go to Gladys in 4B and she’ll fit you in right away, cash up front no questions asked. (but again, I would never do that…)

  • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    Something similar happened where I live but the dentistry was actually a cover for human trafficking because it gave a (bad, weird) reason for a lot of random people to be coming and going. Not sure if any teeth were ever really worked on. Fun!

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    11·
    2 days ago

    “Most of the Latino people, they are afraid to go into the hospital because they don’t have a paper or because it’s more expensive. But I know how difficult it is for the people who don’t have insurance to get the help they really need,” Kai said. Donnelly said there are affordable legal avenues with no citizenship questions asked.

    That’s true with citizenship papers. Thank God for ins… Oh wait.

    Wait for abortions, deliveries, amputations, and everything else. Also she wasn’t some rando. Take your chances with her or go die, possibly in a jail or concentration camp

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      75·
      2 days ago

      Can we please stop pretending America is the only country getting fucked by capitalism? Most countries with “socialised” healthcare don’t cover dental, or do to a very poor level.

      • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        Many European countries do.

        I went to the dentist a few days ago and didn’t even have to pay for a check up because they are linked with my insurance. I’ll be getting 2 cavities filled, for which I will pay around €20 I’m guessing. It’s all part of my healthcare of €27/month. (I have the more expensive variant).

        I also pay €15/month for a hospital care plan, where I get most day stays and required overnight stays for free. I don’t know how much my cost after insurance will be for longer stays but it will probably be manageable. Recently I had 2 teeth pulled and they had to use full anesthesia. The total cost was €400 of which my insurance paid me back €330. There was a €30 cost for a band to hold the ice which was optional but they forgot to mention me.

        It really DOES NOT have to be hard to get decent healthcare.

        There are more countries that do not cover dental, but most “1st world socialized” countries do.

      • th3dogcow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        2 days ago

        Dental is covered here in Japan. Just pay 30%. Only cost about ¥20,000 to have a root canal and crown done (over a series of appointments). A wisdom tooth extraction at a major hospital cost about ¥7,000.

        The one downside is that insurance only covers 30 mins of time with the dentist per appointment, so dental assistants do most of the prep etc, as the dentist hovers between several patients.

        As a result, the work is spread over several appointments, whereas in my home country it would be done in just one or two. But that also spreads the cost over more time, so win win as far as I’m concerned.

        I wonder what dental is like in other countries with socialised healthcare? I’d love to get some more details from you if you have experience.