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German singer's implants heat debate
CNN online ^ | 3-4-03 | CNN - Offbeat News

Posted on 03/04/2003 12:10:50 PM PST by cdefreese

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A popular German singer who had breast implants paid for by health insurers has sparked a debate about what is wrong with the country's generous but cash-strapped welfare system.

Pop singer Juliette said she had an operation to enlarge her breasts three years ago, and her health insurance paid the bill, raising eyebrows about the extensive treatment Germans receive at a time when insurers are facing huge deficits.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 03/04/2003 12:10:50 PM PST by cdefreese
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To: cdefreese
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it's "free."
2 posted on 03/04/2003 12:12:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: cdefreese
You know the rules! Post a pic....
3 posted on 03/04/2003 12:13:27 PM PST by shadowman99
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To: cdefreese
"I had done ballet for several years and that's why I had small breasts."

Huh?

4 posted on 03/04/2003 12:14:21 PM PST by EggsAckley (nuke the vegan tree-hugging gay whale ACTORS for jesus)
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To: cdefreese
Ya know, I thought this was going to be an article about David Hasselhof getting pec implants for "Baywatch a Hawaiian Wedding".

Other than that, indeed money does not grow on trees.

5 posted on 03/04/2003 12:15:17 PM PST by amused (Republicans for Sharpton!)
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"I had done ballet for several years and that's why I had small breasts."

Doing ballet caused her to have small breasts?

Did I miss some scientific breakthrough?

6 posted on 03/04/2003 12:15:53 PM PST by TomB
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To: EggsAckley
"I had done ballet for several years and that's why I had small breasts."

It's that new age interpretive ballet where one actually uses their nipples instead of tippietoes.

7 posted on 03/04/2003 12:16:52 PM PST by amused (Republicans for Sharpton!)
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To: shadowman99
You can try to find photos at www.Bild.de. Warning: It appears that even the cover of this magazine would be censored under U.S. supermarket standards.
8 posted on 03/04/2003 12:19:14 PM PST by berserker
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To: cdefreese
Keep us abreast of developments in this story.
9 posted on 03/04/2003 12:19:20 PM PST by RolandBurnam
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To: TomB
It was for her welfare so why wouldn't it be covered? I'll have to tell my girlfriend, "Say NO to ballet".
10 posted on 03/04/2003 12:20:02 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (RW&B)
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To: berserker
Oh my!
11 posted on 03/04/2003 12:22:00 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: shadowman99

I didn't know that they made implants that small.

12 posted on 03/04/2003 12:23:04 PM PST by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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To: TomB
So that explains it!!! I had a girlfriend for years who was a ballet dancer. I did her for years and it made me smaller.
13 posted on 03/04/2003 12:23:41 PM PST by blackdog ("But that's what I do" A quote from my Border Collie)
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"Looked at from abroad, the German system looks very attractive,"

hahahaha.....I get it

14 posted on 03/04/2003 12:24:29 PM PST by adversarial
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To: cdefreese
Pop singer Juliette said she had an operation to enlarge her breasts three years ago, and her health insurance paid the bill, raising eyebrows

I wonder if the breast implants raised anything else...

15 posted on 03/04/2003 12:26:27 PM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: cdefreese
I wanted breasts that fit my body.

The prior ones fit. Don't try and blame it on the ballet.

16 posted on 03/04/2003 12:27:49 PM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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I want her breasts to fit my hands. Who do I see in Germany for a hand job?
17 posted on 03/04/2003 12:27:59 PM PST by blackdog ("But that's what I do" A quote from my Border Collie)
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Who do I see in Germany for a hand job?

I don't know, but they do say that Schroeder is a world-class jerk-off.

18 posted on 03/04/2003 12:31:27 PM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: EggsAckley; TomB
"I had done ballet for several years and that's why I had small breasts."

Ballerinas are supposed to be lithe, not busty. I'm sure this lady is referring to the preferred ballet image (which in her case was her natural body shape).

19 posted on 03/04/2003 12:32:48 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: TomB
"I had done ballet for several years and that's why I had small breasts."
Doing ballet caused her to have small breasts?

Did I miss some scientific breakthrough?


no you didnt miss anything, most dancers or those who are very active do have very small breasts, not an ounce of fat in their systems and as breasts are mostly fat tissue....well you get the picture
20 posted on 03/04/2003 12:33:44 PM PST by boxerblues (God Bless the Screaming Eagles of the 101st)
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