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Costs Of Liposuction
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Question: The government has no obligation or jurisdiction to force normal
people to pay for fat people's excessive health-care costs.
those who cause public health and safety problems that the rest of us
pay taxes to resolve.
What's your opinion on this issues?
Answer: The restrictions apply to patients being considered for liposuction
and body contouring treatments.
Head of surgery Professor says the aim is to stop post-
surgical complications.
"We want patients to sort of partner with us rather than just come and
expect the doctor to solve all their problems," he said.
"This however is really about trying to get the best outcomes for them
because, if these operations go badly, they can be in hospital for two
or three months being managed for very distressing wound infections.
"It's often those who have developed awkward folds in their skin that
are leading to problems for them so it's really about trying to deal
with that problem so they don't get into problems later on.
"If they can't show a commitment to getting down to a safe weight and
give up their smoking, we are putting them at greater risk than if
they do."
The Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMAQ)
says doctors are within their rights to refuse to operate on obese
people or people who smoke.
AMAQ president Ross Cartmill says patients who lose weight or stop
smoking generally have better outcomes after surgery.
"That's likely to get a better long-term result anyway," he said.
"They're saying to these patients, 'to get the best result you'd be
much better off postponing the surgery, losing some weight in a
program that we're happy to introduce you to and then we can get on
with the surgery after that'."
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