Monday, July 03, 2006
Bremerton
There are no government-subsidized plans that cover dental care for low-income adults but excluded in dire emergencies
So when Dr. Tim Verharen was still director of dental services at Peninsula Community Health Services, he started a pilot plan called Service "With a Smile".
"There is a big hole in the county because no one is really doing adults," he said.
The program worked, Verharen said, because clients were probable to pay a little at all visit, and make up the rest of the cost of care by doing volunteer work at limited community agencies.
"After all my years in dentistry, I learned that when you're giving it away, they don't value it," he said.
But the pilot project went away and so did Verharen, 0 in private practice in Bremerton.
There are no government-subsidized plans that cover dental care for low-income adults but excluded in dire emergencies
So when Dr. Tim Verharen was still director of dental services at Peninsula Community Health Services, he started a pilot plan called Service "With a Smile".
"There is a big hole in the county because no one is really doing adults," he said.
The program worked, Verharen said, because clients were probable to pay a little at all visit, and make up the rest of the cost of care by doing volunteer work at limited community agencies.
"After all my years in dentistry, I learned that when you're giving it away, they don't value it," he said.
But the pilot project went away and so did Verharen, 0 in private practice in Bremerton.
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