Inside socialized medicine's bizarre rationing scheme
From WC Douglass, MD... one of my favorite people... Inside socialized medicine's bizarre rationing scheme In Britain, weight-loss surgery has become a game of "survival of the fattest." As it turns out, funds for the procedures are limited, so only the fattest of the fat are getting approved. The rest are told they either need to pork up or move to a postal code where there's a lower demand for the surgeries. Welcome to the world of socialized medicine. Doughnut, anyone? Forget for a moment that these surgeries are bad news to begin with...because this isn't about that. It's about what happens when you ration health care -- turning major medical decisions into crass lotteries. British guidelines say stomach-shrinking surgery is recommended for anyone with a BMI over 40 and another condition -- like diabetes -- that would be improved if they weren't so fat. They also need to have tried other forms of weight loss first, and failed. Put yourself their shoes for a moment. You're a loyal plus- sized British taxpayer. You want the surgery...your doc approves...you meet the guidelines for it...let's get started, right? Sorry, old chap...but the guidelines have gone to the dickens. The only pounds that really count are the sterling ones they use for money over there -- and there's not enough of those to fix everyone's fat. Since local bean counters actually get to make the final decisions, you can try moving to an area with more cash in the kitty...or you can eat fish and chips until you move to the top of the list. That's if you don't drop dead first -- there's a reason they call it "morbidly obese." Laugh at the Brits if you want -- but don't laugh too hard or too long. This kind of bizarre logic is common in socialized medicine, and while you're busy laughing, ObamaCare is being rewritten and reworked with our oversized bellies (and ever-shrinking wallets) in mind. (http://douglassreport.com/)*********************************************Ok, so we see a problem here already with socialism. We KNOW it doesn't work. We KNOW that there has been no history ANYWHERE of it working successfully. And now we are seeing socialized healthcare "reform" popping up everywhere. What do we do about it? First of all, I have a few tips that you can do to avoid being a victim. 1. Take care of your own health. No one is responsible for your health except YOU. Don't eat trash, garbage, junk, etc. Don't eat Doritos or potato chips. Don't eat processed foods. Don't ingest hormones, antibiotics etc through your food.
2. Detox your body. I tell everyone this over and over, and yet no one listens. And then when they are so sick they can barely function, and have to get on disability (so my tax dollars can pay for them to survive paycheck to paycheck in their public housing), they then think "I should have listened -- I should have done things differently". Well, of course. That is what I have been telling you all along! Use my detox foot pads
3. Exercise. I don't mean you have to work out at the gym every day. I mean be ACTIVE. Don't sit on the couch watching TV or playing video games all day long. Maybe an hour or two a day MAX (even though that is still way too long for me). But get off your fat butt and move. Clean. Play with your dogs if you have any, play with your kids. Take a walk and say hi to your neighbors when you pass them. Garden. All of these things are much more productive than sitting in front of the TV.
4. Once you do these things, work one by one on each family member and your kids, so they can also reap the benefits.Because personally, I don't want to pay for YOU just because you are making poor decisions in your life right now. Granted, that makes me sound so unChristlike, but I know there are incidents that accidents happen, and as a result you can't care for yourself. Sure, then I will help you, gladly, with a very charitable heart. But my heart won't be very charitable if you got to be the way you are because you stuffed too many twinkies in your face.
2. Detox your body. I tell everyone this over and over, and yet no one listens. And then when they are so sick they can barely function, and have to get on disability (so my tax dollars can pay for them to survive paycheck to paycheck in their public housing), they then think "I should have listened -- I should have done things differently". Well, of course. That is what I have been telling you all along! Use my detox foot pads
3. Exercise. I don't mean you have to work out at the gym every day. I mean be ACTIVE. Don't sit on the couch watching TV or playing video games all day long. Maybe an hour or two a day MAX (even though that is still way too long for me). But get off your fat butt and move. Clean. Play with your dogs if you have any, play with your kids. Take a walk and say hi to your neighbors when you pass them. Garden. All of these things are much more productive than sitting in front of the TV.
4. Once you do these things, work one by one on each family member and your kids, so they can also reap the benefits.Because personally, I don't want to pay for YOU just because you are making poor decisions in your life right now. Granted, that makes me sound so unChristlike, but I know there are incidents that accidents happen, and as a result you can't care for yourself. Sure, then I will help you, gladly, with a very charitable heart. But my heart won't be very charitable if you got to be the way you are because you stuffed too many twinkies in your face.