Paul Mason, a former postman in England is planning on suing the National Health Service in England for his massive size and weight gain. He has undergone gastric bypass surgery and lost a lot of weight in the last year. He still has a long way to go.
My question is this: Will this be covered under obamacare? Is this what we are headed towards unless conservatives and some responsible democrats band together to repeal or drastically overhaul obamacare. Is this what you want your ever increasing tax dollars to pay for? This is the ultimate absurdity of not taking personal responsibility for your own actions. No one was pointing a gun at Mr. Mason's head to force him to consume 20,000 calories a day. Maybe a truckload of Twinkies? I am sure his doctors were writing him prescriptions for fish and chips and double cheeseburgers. I am glad he is losing weight but this should not get dumped on the backs of the taxpayers and he should NOT be allowed to sue the NHS over what he did to himself. From The Daily mail online.
A man who once weighed nearly 70 stone is to launch legal action against the NHS, claiming they failed to help him as his size soared. Former postman Paul Mason received life-saving gastric surgery last year binge-eating his way to gargantuan size. But the 50-year-old, who now weighs in at a comparatively small 37 stone, said he should have been helped years ago.
Mr Mason, who was eating 20,000 calories a day at his heaviest, claims he sought help from his GP after ballooning to 30 stone. Instead of receiving a treatment programme to manage his weight, he has complained he was told in 1996: 'Ride your bike more.'
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He also says he was sent to a dietician, rather than the eating disorders specialist he had asked to see, after his weight hit 64 stone. 'I want to set a precedent so no one else has to get to the same size - and to put something back into society,' Mr Mason told The Sun.
He has pledged to put any compensation he receives if successful towards helping other obese people lose weight. An NHS spokesman said of the purported lawsuit: 'As we have not heard from Mr Mason, it would be inappropriate to speculate.'
Mr Mason's care bill costs taxpayers an estimated £100,000 a year and is believed to have topped £1million over the past 15 years. At the height of his binge eating, he was consuming 20,000 calories every day - ten times the recommended daily intake for a man.
Though he has vowed to help other people in need of weight loss operations, the cost of Mr Mason's condition will have enraged patients on NHS waiting lists, commentators said this week.
'It’s such a shame that so much time and resources have to go to help one person, these nurses will be sorely missed at a time when public finances are squeezed,' said Charlotte Linacre, Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
'Although there is sympathy for people struggling with health issues, taxpayers will not feel this is a fair allocation of funds as they sit on waiting lists while footing the bill for his personal care.'
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Absolutely absurd. You know, Patriot, if the world were even remotely sane, none of us would have had to worry about this shameless fool getting his way.
One does have to wonder, though, how many African villages can be fed by Mr. Mason's enormous body.
This has gone so wrong. You can say a combination of a poor diet, misinformation and a low self-esteem are the causes. There are health benefits to lose some of that weight. Usana Malaysia Health Benefits.
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