When my wife was a nurse, a woman came in with knee pain. She was 5’0” tall & weighted 300 lbs. My wife overheard the doctors discussing knee replacement surgery - the only question being, “Will Medicaid pay the bill?”
My wife thought knee replacement surgery for a 5’ tall woman who weighs 300+ lbs was like pissing the in the ocean. But she was a nurse and not an MD, so what did she know?
In many cases, I approve of the idea of telling the grossly obese or heavy smokers that no taxpayer money will be spent on treatments that cannot be effective as long as the patient continues to smoke or overload his body.
Really doing a lot to control costs. NOT.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2013/06/27/outrageous-er-hospital-charges-what-to-do.html
The "healthcare" professionals gaming the system with $30 aspirin will do so regardless of whether the teats are on a private or goverment cow.
GimeDat! GimeDat! GimeDat!
At every level, the character (or lack thereof) is symptomatic of the systemic subversion and demoralization of American culture.
...” I approve of the idea of telling the grossly obese or heavy smokers that no taxpayer money will be spent on treatments that cannot be effective as long as the patient continues to smoke or overload his body”.....
Will you say the same for those having sexual encounters of deviant behavior....or alcoholics....how about those who jump from one sexual ‘meet up” to another passing their diseases around married and unmarried.
This is all about “control” of revenue and profits...not at all about health issues...or peoples behaviors.
I am aware of a hip replacement that was done on a stage 4 lung cancer patient with bone metz. He lived 4 more weeks and thought he was going to get better because they gave him a new hip, so they must have thought he would live.
Residents need their lab rats.
Did your wife ever stop to think that maybe the woman needed help with her knee so she could be come more mobile and lose the weight?