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Runningdawg

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8. Obese people have always been descirnimitated against in health care

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:07 PM

Apr 2020

I say this a retired nurse. For every obese person that dies, I would be willing to bet another could have been saved by a Dr who didn't think he was doing the world a favor by refusing them care. They aren't the only group who are widely discriminated against, don't think the Dr doesn't check your chart to see if you are insured and by which company. Harsh reality.

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New Orleans' Coronavirus Death Rate Is Nearly 3 Times New York's: Coronavirus & Obesity [View all] appalachiablue Apr 2020 OP

K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1

Boy did I ever pick the right year to lose a bunch of weight. Actually about the last 18 brewens Apr 2020 #2

Terrific job, good for you. If ever there was a time to lose weight, appalachiablue Apr 2020 #4

I'm also off BP meds and blood thinners, and they cut my anti-cholesterol in half. I just refilled brewens Apr 2020 #5

Improving your health and saving$$ is great. Some yrs ago I appalachiablue Apr 2020 #6

I started out just cutting portions. That stopped working so I started seriously counting brewens Apr 2020 #9

Counting calories is best, and we can eat more whole, healthy food appalachiablue Apr 2020 #11

I lost over 50 pounds I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #13

This will be bad for all those red states w/poor health degage Apr 2020 #3

Louisiana also has a high prevalence of smokers, past and present..... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #7

Thanks for posting the harsh truth. We've got a ways to go appalachiablue Apr 2020 #12

Obese people have always been descirnimitated against in health care Runningdawg Apr 2020 #8

Valuable info. and quite an eye opener. This would be a good post for appalachiablue Apr 2020 #10

Being both fat and now thin I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #14