Posted on 05/17/2011 7:58:48 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Fifteen obstetrics-gynecology practices out of 105 polled by the Sun Sentinel said they have set weight limits for new patients. Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can't handle people over a certain weight, but at least six said heavy women run a higher risk of complications.
"People don't realize the risk we're taking by taking care of these patients," the newspaper quoted Dr. Albert Triana of South Miami as saying. "There's more risk of something going wrong and more risk of getting sued. Everything is more complicated with an obese patient in GYN surgeries and in [pregnancies]," he told the newspaper.
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Haven’t you ever seen the fine print under the Hippocratic oath?—”no fat chicks”.
Then go collect on the false SS promises from whomever made them and supported the involuntary participation in the program.
“Where do we draw the line between compassion and common sense?”
To liberals it all depends on how you vote.
Bingo - Male homosexuals are HIGH risk but insurance companies will NEVER increase their rates !
If you want to be really politically incorrect women on average typically cost double in health-care what men cost over a lifetime. I know they were born that way but facts are facts.
I read something interesting a few years ago:
Obese women were more likely to have babies suffering from spina bifida, heart defects, malformations connected to the genitals and bowels, missing toes, fingers, arms or legs, a hole in a diaphragm, navel defects and a condition called gastroschisis where organs protrude through the abdominal wall. At : Birth defects more common with fat mothers (07 Aug 2007)
In the USA you know who gets sued for birth defects?
I wonder how far this could go? For example, will OB/GYN’s stop taking patients who are pregnant and older than 30? 40? A cut off of sorts? If you are thin, pregnant but smoke.. are they acceptable? How about thin, pregnant, but is Bipolar? Just a thought.
Eventually only perfect people will be deemed worthy of treatment.
That’s pretty much where I see it headed, too.
If the gubmint really wanted to reduce obesity in food stamp recipients it would be quite easy.
Quit allowing them to purchase preprepared foods and baked goods.
Free food should be food they have to get off their wazoos to prepare themselves since they don’t appear to be doing much else other than eating. Most of them already get free breakfast, lunch and dinner from their school systems for the kids year round. All that does is leave more free food gluttoney for Mom or Dad.
They could quit allowing them to buy fast food and pizza with those ebt cards too. They can even use their ebts at Costco now. Geesh.
But the government won’t do this because the free food crowd would scream and not vote for the democrats.
Let us not forget the illustrious lawyers involved here, like John Edwards who single handedly eliminated charity prenatal care in the Carolinas, joining the ranks of world renown socialist DemoRat Presidential candidates by doing so.
I expect the government to hold a garage sale and...
PAY ME MY MONEY PLUS A RESONABLE RATE OF INTEREST!
Ah, the nut.
Have to wonder how some of those women got pregnant in the first place!
Normal weight women never have complications with pregnancies or birth, right?
“Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can’t handle people over a certain weight”
They aren’t refusing treatment for someone 50 lbs overweight. The article doesn’t mention a cut-off, but my wife working as a nurse sees a lot of patients over 400 lbs...and I think most tables are rated at the 4-500 range.
Why doesn’t the government just declare tobacco illegal?
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