[Stoat]

Related FR threads to see:

No new hips or knees for fat patients (UK)

Briton too overweight for NHS, not for Indian doctors

Hospital fined for treating too many patients

Too fat Medicaid might be withheld

UK NHS patients make beeline for Belgium

NHS patients pay cash for superior care (Socialized medicine collapsing in England)

[PackerBronco]

First of all I'm not a proponent of socialized medicine; but let me ask a question to all who have chimed in on this topic.

What kind of insurance do you think these obese people would have qualified for in the United States?

[Jan Hus]

Reminds me of that hit novelty song from the late 40’s by Arthur Godfrey “I don’t want her you can have her she’s too fat for me,she’s too fat for me,she’s too fat for me- (”Too Fat Polka”)May be the NHS play the song as a promo to get patients to slim down.

[Mr. Brightside]

Flame away.

But when are people going to accept responsibility for their own health?

[Old Professer]

Outcome-based intervention is a common emergency practice; for elective surgery it seems rather pecuniary

[tutstar]

ping a ling...

[montag813]

Maybe this will finally prod these porkers to lose the pounds. Nothing else usually does.

[Vinnie]

"We have limited resources and we have to make sure we are using them to best effect. It's sensible to use that money where we know the treatment is going to work."

There is Universal Healthcare in a nutshell.

A snotnosed government worker deciding whether you can get healthcare.

No Thanks

[Still Thinking]

So I assume since the system has opted out of treating smokers and fat people, that smokers and fat people can opt out of paying the taxes that fund the system? No?