Re: Growing teeth in the future?

From: Steven Bornfeld (dentaltwinnospam_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:50:05 -0400

Alexander Vasserman DDS., BS. wrote:
>> I certainly don't love insurance companies, and I don't know how things
>>work in the UK. But in the U.S., an insurance company will likely sit
>>down with an employer benefits manager and sell them any insurance
>>benefit they want. However, the employer will have to pay for it.
>> While it is wonderful to have a terrific employee benefits package, in
>>the U.S. benefits are generally being cut back, not augmented. All
>>those computer industry jobs aren't going to India because corporations
>>want to become more generous.
>>
>>Steve
>
>
> Companies with X or more # of employes are required to provide health
> insurance to their employees thanks to legislators.
> This strain on the company in addition to other regulation forces it
> to provide the bare minimum coverage that is why these things are not
> covered.
> If the government stayed out of company operations for the most part
> this would not happen.

        I don't know of any state that mandates dental insurance. For that
matter, in NY State medical insurance for employees is not
mandated--disability and workers' compensation are mandated, and a
retirement account after (IIRC) 3 continuous years of employment.
        Yeah, we could be more "competitive" if we allowed all our places of
employment to be run like sweatshops.

Steve

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