[sodpoodle]

Feeding the beasts of bureaucracy - one bite at a time;)

[Darkwolf377]

on a first-come, first-serve basis

That's what got them so fat in the first place.

[circlecity]

How long before they start paying for boob jobs and botox injections. But hip replacements for seniors are just a luxury we can’t afford.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

bttt

[PalmettoMason]

The Legislature funded the program, as well as an additional $19 million in costs next year because of the new federal health care law - largely for extending coverage to dependents up to age 26 - so employees' monthly health premiums will not change. Nearly 394,000 public workers, their dependents and retirees are covered under the state health plan.

Great.

Just effing great.

[Mr. K]

If they made this mandatory I would support it

Maybe they could move faster if they weren’t so full of blubber

[Mr. K]

If they made this mandatory I would support it

Maybe they could move faster if they weren’t so full of blubber

[ebersole]

Many private, non-government insurance carriers also cover gastric bypass and lap-band procedures

[ThePatriotsFlag]

My Email to my State Senator:

Dear Sen Davis ... WHO is behind this? What is your stance on it and how can it be stopped immediately? We're going broke in this state and we are going to spend money on this? Have people in Columbia lost their minds?

[Slings and Arrows]

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[feedback doctor]

South Carolina has a conservative Governor, and a RINO (i.e. socialist) legislature. Gov Sanford tried to use the “stimulus” money to pay down state debt. The legislature sued in Federal Court to make him use it for “education.”

They do not want to take responsibility for their drive to socialism so they appointed a “tax commission” to come up with new taxes.

Here is the newspaper article on that: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/22/taxing-ideas/

Here is the actual tax commission proposal: http://media.charleston.net/2010/pdf/traclistdraft_072110.pdf

[Mister Da]

My neighbor had this surgery done a year or so ago. He is a retired guy with a pension, but not a public employee.

He has lost a bunch of weight. Before, he looked like a pumpkin. Now he looks like a slightly overweight guy. A huge improvement. His diabetes has improved substantially, & he is obviously healthier.

This surgery likely saved his life, & will save our overburdened HC system the future care he would have required had he not had the surgery. This is what health care is SUPPOSED to do. This was money well spent, IMO. If his insurance covered it, I have no problem with that.

Whether or not public employees receive exorbitant pay & benefits is another matter. But I rather pay for lap band surgery than pay for amputations, blindness, & total disability as a result of uncontrolled obesity. Do the math for yourself.

[upchuck]

Pardon me while I update the headline to reflect stone cold reality:

South Carolina Taxpayers to Cover Obesity Surgery Next Year(Govt.workers)

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