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We also work in a world where most of us must pay the bills and many of us face financial pressures. If we are in independent practice, the gain or loss of one patient, particularly one who promptly pays our full fee, can mark the difference in whether we’re in the red or black that month and whether we can pay the office rent and our other bills on time. When each patient’s fee can produce such an immediate powerful impact, it is hard not to have financial issues weighing on our mind as we decide whether this long-term patient is ready for termination or whether we’re truly competent to work with that new patient we just screened.