Thread by @POH_Smiles

So, the Law really is an ass? 😑 -|- "An #orthodontist sued by the attorney general last year for bilking millions from MassHealth and keeping kids in braces for longer than medically necessary ..."

" ... has submitted enough signatures to ask voters to change the way dental billing in the state is structured."
bostonherald.com/2022/07/06/bhr…

Do tell. -|- "Ray Bennett, a spokesperson for the group behind the petition, explained Wednesday that dental insurance is different from medical insurance in the way that insurance companies spend the money made from premiums."

"Bennett said medical insurers must spend upwards of 88% of premiums on care but that dental insurers spend more like 60%. The rest, he said, is spent on overhead at the insurance agency itself. That money, proponents of the ballot question say, ..."

" ... would be better spent on patient care than on executive pay."

"Opponents of the ballot question say that no state in the country follows the model proposed for a simple reason: It would substantially raise the cost of care and benefit only dentists, not patients. ..."

" ... “The proponents of this ballot question are not being straight with the voters,” the Committee to Protect Access to Quality Dental Care told the Herald through a spokesperson Wednesday."

Another sort of #PredatorInThePark? ocpf.us/Filers?q=95489