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Agreed! My only argument against the British decision to limit hip replacement surgery to healthy non-obese clients, is that the British government doesn't limit tax collection for national health coverage to healthy non-obese clients. I am sure that there are many disease processes that are caused by self abuse. Hell if you live long enough, death eventually comes.

How about denying nursing home care to nonsmoking, non-obese patients. Their healthy life style leads to a longer life and as one gets older the risk for developing old age senile neuropathy is higher, while fat smokers die saving the tax payers the cost of nursing home care. Of course most would consider that silly. When the Government takes taxes away from the people promising cradle to grave health care, it should deliver what it promises. Or get out of the health care business.