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of patients who have come to the end of their days. People grow a lot when faced with their own mortality, the anonymous nurse writes on EmpowerNetwork.com. She says the emotional changes a dying person experiences are phenomenal, ranging from denial to remorse, fear to anger and eventually
April 20, 2015
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themselves and believe in their social/academic potential to fulfill their genetic potential. It's really very straightforward except, however, if you prefer to live in denial regarding who you are, who you have become and why! Good points here. My boys are 53 and 50. I passed on my work ethic
May 11, 2023
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of school I bring them to the office if I cant get coverage. Im starting year five of ownership and its my favorite thing in the world. I love dentistry I didnt love being an associate.I do less volume than I did when I was an associate (I was working insurance so not exactly comparing apples to apples
September 20, 2024
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to look better; 2. They start to want to take better care of themselves; 3. After fighting over the value of their dental insurance in court they realize they should stop wasting their benefits. Curious if anyone else has noticed this?
September 21, 2017
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insurance?!?!? If we infer from the OH magazine and the PDC reference that this is in Canada, the answer would be of course - we're in the 1st world. KP Save Yes, we're in Canada. We're all insured to the eyeballs and then have extended on top of it :) haha
April 10, 2017
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gross billing are easily similar to successful dental offices. Even better no insurance participation at all, all cash and CC. Thats it and her student loans not bad either, RN at CC, then transfer to state college for BSN nursing school, and NP at cheap school as well. I have seen the golden years
July 26, 2022
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number twoshe said she did not have any disability insurance and she was worried ifshe got injuredwe might need that extra money number three not havingas many IRA is that I have and I told her that was a terrible reason because she should've been puttingthemmoney into an IRA in her name instead
August 19, 2019
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are partners in a major midwestern hamburger restaurant. Not saying name as there algorithms will flag it. I made her get it for my interest. If they got divorced he might could force a sale, but the house is in his name. I also made them get life insurance on each other as part of the deal. If something
March 07, 2022
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standardized test! They ought to get coverage for bruxing splints as part of their health insurance coverage. I've got family that are teachers and administrators. I would not want to swap careers with them. With that said, I have no doubt its a tough gig. Other aspects of the teacher conventional
April 08, 2019
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debt is mortgage. Saving 100k after fully funding two 401k accounts and two non deductible iras. Just got off with usaa and added my new car to the insurance. 1999 xj8. Loving the ride. 55k miles. whopping 4200 cost. If it dies in a year I still win. bought a 2003 Honda 4x4 rancher yesterday
April 06, 2014
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fire consumption, is the massive amounts of natural gas fossil fuel used to cook the moisture out of the body and reduce the remaining down to a powdery ash and bones. Traditional cremation isnt very green at all. Some insurance and investment companies require original death certs. Always ask
January 26, 2020
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they saved enough money to make payments thru a semester for a decent used car. We put up half as a down payment, they financed the other half. We were cosigners. We also paid their insurance. Both were able to afford cars by their sophomore year working hard for 2 summers plus a little part time work
May 13, 2023
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and another out of state facility in Mass.) in the past for both, but at a cost of 30-40k/month or more its not financially feasible for us. Insurance covers none of it and neither facility offers any kind of guarantee My wife and have told my oldest daughter that if she's not in school
March 20, 2015
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refuse to accept a particular insurance or Medicaid if you as a person HAD to be on that insurance. Or maybe a nurse that worked labor and delivery in a hospital but insisted on a home birth for herself. I'm not being pejorative I'm just saying the dissonance for me in the situation described
April 01, 2019
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discussed that this number will drop quite a bit now as we will have more bills (increase health insurance costs/baby/college education savings/etc) and it is only fair if both of us drop our discretionary income. The question is what? I have some thoughts in my mind that I would feel fair with if I
December 09, 2019
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, insurance, etc.) about $250k, maybe a bit more. No reason to believe this won't continue and even get better, the office has gotten a good 40NP's a month since day one. On the presonal side, we live pretty modestly. We're in a 1700 sq ft house, no kids yet, although we're currently trying. Husband
June 07, 2014
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in the same state feel they have no hope of selling their practices. I have 2 patients with state of Illinois insurance that take 6-9 months to pay clean claims. I cant figure how they stay open. Both say if they were 10 years younger they would leave Stay in Illinois. There are more and more people
February 16, 2020
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with me. It was also hard to have all of your eggs in one basket financially, but that's not about the atmosphere in the office. My wife was the OM or better yet, Administrative Assistant. She handled insurance, billing and such. She started just as a fill-in when my OM left and was 'posta
September 20, 2023
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and had to stop and go to er. Thank goodness for insurance! There is a virus going around Doc. Many people are sick around here too. Best of luck.LazE Luckily my wife went into labor on her due date, so I took the day off as well as the next day when my daughter was born. Went back to work the day
January 21, 2020
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into dentistry. My son just started his job after graduating with a business cybersecurity degree. 92k base. 3k signing bonus. 15-20 percent profit sharing with 401k match. Health insurance fully paid. Life insurance. 2 weeks paid vacation. 2 weeks sick leave. Working on managing the network
August 09, 2022
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....We dropped insurances, dropped down to 28 hours a week....its still a pain to juggle everything but we decided to sacrifice career a little to spend more time with the kids. F the money, F the practice, F everything except the family because as everyone says, you will be filled with regret
April 03, 2025
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multiple accounts. Everything that is a set bill, mortgage, insurance, student loans, cable bill, internet, etc. comes out of one account. Everything else that runs the household (decorations, food, clothing for children, clothing for wife, fun money to take the kids to the movies, etc.) comes from a set
December 13, 2019
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and miserable in the hospital - I was gonna be too! Not that I would have it any other way.... Fortunately for us both times were pretty quick and routine. Thanks. I spent that Monday on the phone with the insurance company and the doctor's office and others trying to figure out how to get my free
December 31, 2015
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would never turn away a patient, even if they had no money or insurance. If I dont take care of him theres a good chance nobody else will. The town I was raised in is about 80,000 people and in Western Arkansas on the border of Oklahoma. Many Native Americans live there and they all knew he would
June 16, 2025
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it is her brand sells. I'd would highly prefer she not be in the tooth fixer world where people think they're going to get ripped off before they even enter the office. And bonus, insurance companies slash reimbursements as time goes on and make it harder to get paid for legit services you provided
May 15, 2024
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For the last several years I have had a hands off approach to the personal finances. My wife a retired stock broker now insurance coordinator and mom has been handling the billing, taxes, etc. she is very capable, organized never running late, behind, no credit card debts, etc. I am aware
April 05, 2014
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at that time, if I can draw from my savings, I don't even need a high paying job. Just one that covers my health insurance and some bills. I'd take less pay for less work too and find my niche in that industry. Honestly, I think I would do negotiations and schmoozing them for deals. We shall see. If I play
May 20, 2023
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the healthcare system...we all make decisions about insurance based on what we need to do..but there is a larger picture..a community and societal one. It's not just all about you. Dentists can decide to send their kids to wherever mostly...but that's not true for most people. If we are going
April 01, 2019
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be able to help even from a distance but I knew she wouldnt. When I was dealing with dads supplemental insurance and asked if she would be willing to help, she first said that she didnt want to waste her time and energy on something that would likely not be covered, and then said that she was too
May 03, 2023
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recommend it. My wife always hired older, matronly types (Mrs. Doubtfire style)...they tended to be a lot more stable than many of our friends' younger nannies. You paid $500-600 weekly for a live in? Then did you provide car/ insurance etc in addition to room and board? We had the au pairs who
July 07, 2016
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up with EAssist for insurance claims processing. I also hired a temp dentist to cover in my absence.When I go back to work, I will be relying on grandparents to help take care of baby and am open to hiring a nanny if need be.Its not easy but its doable and totally worth it! You will never be ready
July 11, 2021
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