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04-02-2023, 01:55 PM
1. My uncle is a Merdeka senior citizen. He called by phone a well-known dental firm with many branches in Singapore to quote for extraction or filling of a tooth. The clinic firm quoted $60 to $80 for a tooth. After the extraction, he got a bill of $172 with $99 from Merdeka subsidy and he has to pay $73 cash himself a job done within 20 minutes. I quess $73 is what is quoted for $60 to $80. $99 is what the clinic felt as a gift freely fallen from heaven, nothing to do with the patient.
2. A few days later, my uncle then asked from another smaller firm with a few branches only for filling or extraction of another tooth. He was quoted $50 to $150 for a tooth through phone. But the dentist at the clinic found he had another tooth with a small hole to be filled also. After completion in about 30 minutes, he got a bill of only $175 for 2 teeth and he paid only $40 cash for 2 teeth.
From the above, I concluded some firms are profiteering from the gov subsidies for Merdeka and Pioneer generations. When quoting, they should quote the full costs of the job or at least he has to tell the quotation is for cash portion only after gov subsidies.
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2. A few days later, my uncle then asked from another smaller firm with a few branches only for filling or extraction of another tooth. He was quoted $50 to $150 for a tooth through phone. But the dentist at the clinic found he had another tooth with a small hole to be filled also. After completion in about 30 minutes, he got a bill of only $175 for 2 teeth and he paid only $40 cash for 2 teeth.
From the above, I concluded some firms are profiteering from the gov subsidies for Merdeka and Pioneer generations. When quoting, they should quote the full costs of the job or at least he has to tell the quotation is for cash portion only after gov subsidies.
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