Licensing quietly settles who can treat you, who pays, and where a complaint goes. Here is how to tell the license from the certificate before the first appointment.
The difference between records that make a return straightforward and records that cost a weekend is not effort. It is entirely a question of when the effort happens.
A staged treatment plan is priced in one lump but built in layers, and the layers that decide whether it lasts eight years are the easiest ones to shave out of a quote.
The protection is real, considerably narrower than most owners assume, and easier to lose than anybody expects. The rest of the decision is bookkeeping and habits.