Jaswa: Mandatory dentist supervision unnecessarily inflates teeth cleaning costs
Sujay Jaswa · Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses · Joe Lonsdale · Jul 22, 2021 · at 4:35
Sujay Jaswa criticizes regulatory barriers in dental healthcare that limit disintermediation and inflate patient costs.
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“You can't pay somebody professionally to clean your teeth unless they're supervised by a dentist. And so that's kind of an interesting notion because it's not that complicated a task, and as a result of needing that supervision, it ends up costing way more.”
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