Ask them to use an ultrasound. It's fairly easy to find deeper veins with it. My patients who are hard sticks ask for it by name.

Fairly naive statement there. Ask the Mafia how that works out.

In the age of ever-escalating CEO salaries in the face of underwhelming stock performance with amazing golden parachutes I beg to differ. As for the grandparent, I agree, as I fear private entities more than the government. Corporations have a single duty, and it has nothing to do with your welfare.