In this economy, bartering has become commonplace. But bartering for health and dental services? Absolutely! Some doctors have accepted bartering as a form of payment in the past, but with the economy as it is right now, some doctors and dentists are now accepting barter for the first time. One source says that doctors “who for years have accepted small fractions of their business in barter say they have seen a spike — in some cases a tripling — in the number of consumers opting for alternative forms of payment.”

There is even a barter association to …read more