Public health gone too far...

[Dirty Dog]

I'm all for making health care available to everybody, regardless of ability to pay, but this is going too far...

The cost to upgrade Josie Cunningham's 32A breasts to a set of 36DDs was $7,279, but the would-be model didn't pay a dime. The English girl's operation was funded by the National Health Service, so the British taxpayers all have a hand (figuratively, of course) in her new assets. Cunningham said that her formerly flat chest caused her emotional distress, so her doctor approved her for the operation. "I want money and fame," she said. "My new boobs can make it all happen."

The article includes a photo of the young lady, and frankly, it's going to take more than a boob job for her to be successful in modeling.

 

[Sukerkin]

Oh dear . Wrongness on so many levels from the practical one of the misuse of public money to the psychological mindset in which Jordan (Katie Price) is a role model :faints:.

 

[Drasken]

Seriously? Now, I think a lifesaving operation or plastic surgery to repair a serious disfigurement due to an accident or attack is fine. But she should have to pay every dime of that bill. If she can't then her doctor, who helped her exploit the system, should.

 

[Big Don]

Oh dear . Wrongness on so many levels from the practical one of the misuse of public money to the psychological mindset in which Jordan (Katie Price) is a role model :faints:.

I'm pretty sure we can count on someone to come in and self righteously explain that there is a need for government to spend money weather it is on boob jobs or poo flinging chimps...

 

[arnisador]

There are surely cases where plastic/reconstructive surgery is appropriate for mental health reasons, but this doesn't strike me as one of them. But, if this is what the English want...