“It is actually entirely “funded” by the taxpayers of Georgia and the United States of America.
The question for everyone here is, “do you believe the people who are paying the bills should have a say (through their elected representatives) over what they will and won’t pay for?” “
When I was in High School our Biology teacher had us do a report on illnesses . Was suppose to be on physical ones caused by organic means but I asked him before hand and got special permission to do a report on anorexia nervosa because it was so common at the time.
Now I ask you we will pay for sex changes left and right, gay men who screw around and get AIDS, drug addicts getting Hep A but not a mentally ill woman who is dying?
This is a mental illness. It’s very real. She thinks she’s fat, when she looks in the mirror she sees a fat woman. She sees fat that is not there. This illness is so hard to treat. These women, and mostly this attacks women but can attack males, so fear fat that they will starve.
I’d rather help her get better, save her life than have some kid change his gender because mommy wanted a girl and that child will end up killing himself one day anyway.
I know that you would rather do that.
But that wasn't my question.
My question is, should the payment of medical bills with other people's money, collected through taxation, be subject to regulation by elected representatives of the people paying for it, or not? Yes, or no?
Right now, we have no budget and have not had one for years, because no one can say no to anything anyone wants. This will not continue.
Either there will be a global budget as in the UK, or there will be a case-by-case analysis of value.
What there will not be is borrowing another $20 trillion based on what you or anyone else would rather be done, unless of course you are willing to pay for your desired outcome out of your own funds.
Yes, it is.
She thinks she’s fat, when she looks in the mirror she sees a fat woman.
My experience is that not all anorexics starve themselves because they think they are fat or because of body image messages from the media. The underlying drive is self-starvation and they may tack some "reasons" on to explain that. Sometimes it is associated with a sense of control and willpower. This sense of control often extends to elaborate deception to defeat attempts to help them.
I’d rather help her get better, save her life
The trouble is that while there are programs that claim to help anorexia, and may do so for a time, there is not really a cure because the exact cause in terms of brain function and genetics is not fully understood.