Virtual Currency Meets Healthcare as Polish Dentist Accepts Bitcoin
Bitcoins can buy you everything from lunch and international flights to alleged hits on other human beings, if you're that way inclined. Now, in Poland, they can also be used for healthcare. A dentist in Kielce in central Poland is offering a 10% discount for customers who pay with bitcoin. Profident, which also makes dental equipment, says it is Poland's and possibly Europe's first dental clinic to accept bitcoin payments. As with other bitcoin-accepting businesses in other parts of the world, the company cited bank transaction fees as a reason to move towards bitcoin payments. "I have....
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