I was watching a British documentary about hospitals/ambulances now needing to accommodate more obese people (the link to the video is here and I recommend watching it if you have the time, since it's an hour long).
Many of the paramedics, nurses, and doctors are lovely when they're dealing with the fat patients, but to be honest I have no idea how they do it. These patients eat themselves into a disability, have to be helped with everything, moan and complain constantly and are a drain on health care. I'm probably heartless, but my ideal scenario for health care would be to give fat people one chance to lose weight. If they don't do it, they have to pay for all health-related expenses out of their own pocket.
Anyone have any thoughts about the demand fat people put on hospitals? I've heard plenty of horror stories from nurses and paramedics who have to deal with them and physically carry them around, and I was wondering if anybody had any similar experiences or general thoughts.
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[–] Pm_me_ur_genetiks ago
Your 20k would not cover shit all if it came to a serious medical condition ie cancer. Time to get a real job if you are only paying 20k in taxes. Your private healthcare would also cover fuck all for treatment costs. Life and disability insurance has so many loop holes to prevent payouts.
[–] SleepyCicada ago
I don’t think it’s as dramatic as you make it out to be. 20K saved up yearly over the course of 10 years will likely cover a full treatment course for breast cancer. Then there’s critical illness insurance. A ‘real’ job is nice to have but here in Canada, 120K yearly is decent. Are you implying that the vast majority of Canadians don’t have ‘real’ jobs?