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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:47 AM Original message |
Smokers in the UK could be denied surgery. |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Next will be overweight people. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. and maybe drinkers |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Tokers. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. huh? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. huhers. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Okay. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. A toker says what? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. I give up |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. huh? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Actually, very overweight people have often been encouraged to lose weight before elective surgery |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Already happend in the UK |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. I know smokers who didn't quit right after surgery |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm sure this will bring out the Smoke Nazis here! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Draconian... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You mean like this? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I'm in favor |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gee. I wasn't aware it was illegal in the UK |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. It's nothing to do with legal or illegal |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. If we go to universal care here, that sort of crap is inevitable. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes because it's so much better |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The government was unable to |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The BUSH govenment n/t |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Bush was in the White House at the time, but |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The government does not "provide" healthcare under Medicare |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Never said it did. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Your federal government |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Unless you could guarantee that there would ALWAYS be a Dem |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Go visit some VA Hospitals |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You're taking the bait |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I'm a smoker. If I were told today that I need surgery and had to |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm a smoker too, and I think this is reasonable... |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Smokers have been undergoing surgery for decades now. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. no you'd just fib about it like all the other smokers |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. This kind of thing is inevitable with private healthcare too |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. No one is trying to deny smokers all treatment, or demanding that they quit altoget |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Good point. n/t |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Thanks for the clarification, it helps in my understanding of |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. For all those who didn't bother to read the linked article.... |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Flamebait? |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Not flamebait |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. what a difference a read makes... |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is what you get when you have a "company" doctor. Especially if the company is the government. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. I wonder if they'd have refused Diana for her bulimia. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Diana probably didn't use the NHS anyway... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. i think your analysis is correct |
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