Comments on: Treating the morbidly obese (redux)

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:39:05 +0000

“During closing arguments she played a scene of the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and equated the doctors in the case to the monsters.”

I can’t imagine that that tactic was HELPFUL to their case. If I saw them do that, I’d find for the other side just based on BS lik that.

The court room should be about FACTS, not theatre.

By: gunner

gunner — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:14:29 +0000

Chris. Had not heard that any IQ test was needed, Reminds me of the eugenics laws. No drunkerds or slow people allowed. I had a partial done(small stomach) two yearss ago and have fallen from a much larger number to what I am now.

I’m an Aetna, then Cigna person. Never have had a blue cross/blue shield plan in my life. I wonder how they tried to justify the IQ test?

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:49:03 +0000

It is a shame, Walter, that your insurance company cares nothing for your reputation. They just care about their bottom line. Frankly I see the whole thing as a circular arguement. Does anyone here disagree that if we didn’t have insurance, we wouldn’t have nearly as many of these lawsuits? I, by myself do not have enough money to interest anyone, however I am covered by an insurance company that has millions of dollars that can be worth a lawsuit.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:50:59 +0000

I have refused to settle spurious claims against my engineering practice, even if my E&O insurance would cover it. I told my carrier that a settlement implied vaidity and that impugned my reputation.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:29:54 +0000

For what it is worth, Tennessee Blue Cross/Blue Shield had been requiring an IQ test before bariatric surgery. They just recently removed this requirement under pressure from a Florida group.

By: gunner

gunner — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:17:37 +0000

As a 450+ pound person I know the limitations that I have forced on the doctors can effect me. Certain machines in the local hospital will not fit me. i.e. cat scan.

Sadly most people feel the world should change for them.

This doc is a victim of one of these people.

By: Dr. Mary Johnson

Dr. Mary Johnson — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:26:28 +0000

Profoundly disturbing.