I went to the dentist for the first time in over a year yesterday. Despite brushing my teeth, on average, 1.75 times per day, I had a lot of plaque built up on my gum line. So much so, that the scraping was making my gums bleed quite a bit. Sexy, right?
Anyway, my dentist says, "I don't know if you haven't been in for a cleaning in a while because of the filling (read: large hole in one of my molars due to falling out of a faulty filling that he did the previous year) or what, but you have a lot of plaque on your teeth."
I said, "Actually I haven't had insurance for the past year, so I couldn't afford to go to the dentist". He then offered up this string of rhetorical pearls of wisdom, "So what? Is there insurance for food? NO. Do you still buy food?"
Uh, yeah.
I would have responded if he hadn't subsequently huffed out of the room. Plus, I was numbed, drooling, and bleeding. Anyway, I don't understand this logic. Based solely on the number of days that a human being can survive without food vs. without dental care, his argument is ineffective. But, he was probably just upset because he missed me while I was gone. And the 500 dollars that I chose to spend on daily nourishment.
Here's to the eventuality of free health care for all.
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