The Sun Bay Paper Page 25 February 25, 2022 - March 3, 2022 Local Dent ist Helps Uninsured Adul ts Dr. Andrew Frey, Dental Assistants Alex and Ali and Dental dental care exclusively to Uninsured Adults in the Fort Myers area. Our facility is very modern but still modest while using the latest technology and treatment modalities. We focus on the technology that delivers the highest quality care without all the glitz and gadgetry that increase costs. This allows us to offer lower fees to serve the people in our community. Dr. Frey grew up in Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, which has been ranked as the top dental school in the United States for the past four years, according to the QS World University Rankings. Dr. Frey comes from a family legacy of dental providers and has moved to Southwest Florida with his wife Valerie, currently a middle school teacher. After watching the dental profession change, we felt it had to be done a different way (A Non Insured Way). Patients often remark they find our office to be a breath of fresh air in an age where profit and greed driven corporations and insurance agencies are invading every aspect of our lives including our healthcare. Here at Independent Dental Care, we treat all patients like we would our own family and friends. Dental insurance itself is a huge clerical expense for a dental office. If we worked with insurance companies we would have to hire more people just to process and reprocess claims as the insurance companies decide the best treatment for the patient. Dr. Frey said in his opinion the entire concept of dental insurance has led to today’s inflated dental fees and a climate that encourages treatment based on fees rather than needs. The insurance system is a breeding ground for greed, fraud and prejudice. We see a number of new patients each week, yet have always been able to get people in for the emergency care they may need. “We explain to our patients that we don’t cut corners on treatment, care or materials”, said Dental Assistant Alex. “We provide ourselves in treating people, not just their teeth. We love dentistry and feel great about providing excellent care driven by our desire to help others.” Many of our patients are seniors or those with a very limited healthcare policy that gives them only a few benefits and then charges more for their other needs. We offer no gimmicks just to get you in the office. We offer only modern quality dental treatment at an affordable cost. Dr. Andrew Frey, D.D.S. License Number 22529 (239) 738 - 3523. 13611 McGregor Blvd. Suite 3, Fort Myers, FL 33919 Paid Advertisement Beware of writing critical things about Eileen Gu, a teenage skiing triple-medalist at the Beijing Olympics. You'll be accused of racism. Gu was born and raised in San Francisco, but after competing for the USA, she decided that she was going to ski for Communist China, where her mother grew up. The most pronounced irony of this flip-flop is how she's cashing in by straddling the two countries. During the games, NBC aired a gooey Gu profile. "She's made a massive imprint from social media to mainstream fashion ... and has netted deals with global luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Tiffany's." Gu has deals with over 20 other brands, including Chinese brands such as Luckin Coffee and Anta, the sportswear company that doubled down on its use of cotton from Xinjiang, calling concerns about forced labor there "lies." CBN Data, a Shanghaibased research firm, estimated that Gu brought in 200 million yuan (or over $31 million) in 2021 -- before her gold medal run. So it's quite likely she will make at least that much after the three Olympic medals. But the Associated Press rushed to her defense under the headline "Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them." Oh, the poor dear. Her life is so rough. "The frenzy to 'explain' Gu's choice reflects biases and misunderstandings in the United States about Asian American identity," wrote AP reporters Janie Har and Sarah DiLorenzo. "The stories about Eileen Gu are as much about the people telling them as they are about the athlete herself." The AP duo energetically painted this multinational multimillionaire as a victim of white accusers. "Nonwhite immigrants and their descendants, in particular, face the double bind of being required to completely assimilate in order to be considered American, but also butting up against racist notions that prevent them from being accepted as truly American." It's not a "double bind;" it's "double the opportunity for cashing in." AP also found an expert to lecture Gu's critics: Russell Jeung, a professor "who has tracked the rise of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. during the pandemic." As if Gu is suffering now from hate crimes? Jeung claimed, "Part of the Eileen Gu perplexity is that the West is seen as superior and the East is seen as inferior. So why would she want to represent China?" Jeung claimed the hate criminals tell Asian Americans to "go back home," but now Gu is in trouble for not representing her home, "and so we lose either way." Gu is winning in every way. She'll now be a supermodel/celebrity attending Stanford University, her mother's alma mater. She wins as she refuses to answer uncomfortable questions. Who's her American father? No answer. Was she allowed dual citizenship by the communists? No answer. She demurs. "Yeah, um, first of all, I'm an 18-year-old girl," Gu said. "I'm a kid. I haven't even gone to college yet. I'm a pretty normal person." "Pretty normal people" don't make tens of millions. But she insists she has a "good heart." If you raise questions about Gu failing to use her megaplatform to speak up for freedom in China, the AP duo has this retort: "And of course pundits in the U.S. have attacked her for competing for China, often in terms that further the persistent, racist othering of Asian Americans." That's AP's way of saying, "shut up." Tim Graham Eileen Gu: Communist-Certified Millionaire?
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