Goes to me.
Why?
Because I’m dedicating a post to this story .
Gastric bypass is an expensive procedure, and in most cases, elective. In this story , the Chronicle detailed the woman’s fight to get the procedure done, only after she waited many years and hundreds of pounds to decide “it was time”. This was all greatly hindered by the fact she was a medicaid patient. For all of you bleeding heart liberals out there, medicaid means the doctor loses money to do the procedure, and accepts the risk that the medicaid population, while getting their procedure for free, is the population most likely to sue said physician if anything goes out of the ordinary.
People get gastric bypass to lose weight. There are arguments that the weight loss from the bypass is related to hormones and absorption of nutrients, but at the end of the day it’s about the limited amount of food you are then able to eat. Over-eating leads to increased weight, which leads to bone, heart, lung, kidney, liver, and vascular issues. These often form a “perfect storm” which lead to VERY SICK and VERY COSTLY patients.
Unfortunately, you won’t find this information in any article published by the mainstream media, whether it’s the fact that gluttony and lack of discipline are costing the healthcare system enormous amounts of money, taking away from those who truly need the care, or that in the end, doctors get the raw end of the deal when they accept Medicaid, ie, Universal Hellcare patients.
All you’ll get are stories of people, “fighting for their healthcare”, who can afford the food/cigarettes/cocaine/alcohol and peripherals it takes to reach critical status, and why the government should provide these services, regardless of charge or need of personal responsibility.