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Only a doctor can administer procedures such as laser resurfacing to tighten skin, Botox and collagen injections, and write prescriptions for oral hormone-replacement drugs to soften lines and wrinkles. And only a doctor can bill like one. Prices vary from $600 for a Botox injection to $1,200 for two laser skin-tightener treatments. "An aesthetician can only generate $100 to $200 per hour," Denese says. "A doctor in a medi-spa practice can generate $2,000 for four Botox injections in one hour. That's what makes a medi-spa profitable...
...fall within an income and spending range that offers fewer benefits. Nor does it help the millions of working people not eligible for Medicare coverage. As health-care spending keeps rising, (9.3% in 2002, according to the trade journal Health Affairs, the largest increase in 11 years) and employers tighten their coverage to cut costs, consumers have grown more resentful of what they are paying at the drugstore. While prescriptions represented only 10.5% of total health-care costs in the U.S. in 2002, they amounted to 23% of out-of-pocket costs for the consumer...
...impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...feel a lot of pressure to win and it has made us not play well,” Peljto said. “When teams are close we tighten up a little because we think we should win every game...
Capital Punishment After all the the spilt milk, Italian business may be about to start crying even harder over the Parmalat scandal. Stung by the €7 billion alleged fraud at the dairy firm, Italian banks are looking to tighten restrictions and raise risk premiums on loans to companies. And the domestic corporate-bond market has all but dried...