I think we can see massive dislocation in the economy and otherwise without seeing all dental services and cell phone coverage disappear. Just my two cents.
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Agreed, and appreciate and respect your two cents. I certainly do not expect cell phone coverage to disappear, just as I don’t expect our power grid to disappear. I make the preparations I do so that if any of these things are interrupted I can still get information and communicate. Some people don’t mind being in the dark for extended periods of time. I’m not one of them. So be it.
And I hardly expect dentists to be wiped off the face of the earth. That is pretty far afield of the point I am making. The article I posted above about the economic impact on health services focused on the lack of insurance. I have a lovely $250 deductible on my AETNA policy that I meet very early in the year, and dental services are basically free for me from then on. If my insurance carrier begins to have problems, then the crown that I paid $400 for in December will be at least double that.
But hey, if you’re flush with cash and don’t mind coming up with that kind of money, more power to you. I guard my money more jealously. And so on my last few trips to the dentist I made sure that I had taken care of all crowns and fillings that I would need for a good long while. No harm in that. If my scenario comes to pass, I save quite a bit of money. If it doesn’t, I’ve just gotten a very annoying bit of business out of the way 🙂
