To the attention of:
Barack Obama, US President;
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas;
US Senators from Texas: John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison;
US Representatives from Texas: Al Green, Blake Farenthold, Charles A. Gonzalez, Chet Edwards, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Francisco R. Canseco, Gene Green, Henry Cuellar, Jeb Hensarling, Joe Barton, John Abney Culberson, John R. Carter, K. Michael Conaway, Kay Granger, Kenny Marchant, Kevin Brady, Lamar Smith, Lloyd Doggett, Louie Gohmert, Mac Thornberry, Michael C. Burgess, Michael T. McCaul, Pete Olson, Pete Sessions, Ralph M. Hall, Randy Neugebauer, Ron Paul, Ruben Hinojosa, Sam Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, Silvestre Reyes, Ted Poe;
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I am writing to you about a matter that is of great significance in the United States but is not greatly appreciated. The matter is the lack of dental care in the United States. Without appropriate care and without access to dentists people are suffering, mentally, emotionally, socially, physically and spiritually.
There are people in the hiring lines and even people that are employed that are suffering due to lack of adequate care or no care. You may tell yourself that you are so evolved that you would hire someone with an obvious need for dental care. You may tell yourself that you would have sympathy for someone that you work with or that you employ that suffers from inadequate care or care that was inappropriate and that caused harm to the person. However, I dare you to even admit to me that you have done so.
In addition to the fact that there is inadequate care or no care dentists are one of the most unregulated group amongst the "medical," profession. To try a dental malpractice lawsuit costs on the average of $80,000. The average recovery is $30,000. In their case, for the vast majority, there is no honor amongst theives. There is a movement towards having dentistry become a specialty in the medical schools, i.e. periodontal medicine. And this is as it should be since an unhealthy mouth can cause so many other health issues. Additionally, they should be held to the same standards as are medical doctors.
I personally know what it was like to have my mouth, my facial nerves, my ability to eat and speak, my life and my finances destroyed by a handful of dentists. I put myself through a BA in Economics, an MBA and a JD and have a law license. I ended up in excrutriating pain, can barely eat, have difficulty talking and my problems are yet resolved. And people start to shun you as though you have become mentally ill until perhaps you find one of the honest dentists about whom I speak. An honest dentist will set you free from being blamed about being a malcontent even though they may not be able to help you. Oh and yes these were reputable dentists that caused the damage and then so carefully covered up their malpractice. So you see, you are all educated, but don't ever think that it won't happen to you or one of your family members. Next time you see an unemployed person standing with so many of the unemployed looking for a job and they have obvious dental issues, I dare you to hire them and set them free..........I dare you.
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