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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (995)	1/12/2006 1:07:13 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

It has been held, depending upon the job, especially in California and other liberal enclaves, that MIs, among other ailments, are considered job-related and these poor folk are pensioned out. I am not agreeing with these rulings and think they have gone way overboard with this cradle to grave nonsense. NOOOOOOO. What I am primarily referring to is tangibly, clearly provable work-related injuries or a disaster of some sort at the employers' workplace. And just what incident causes an MI? Then it becomes the responsibility of the employers to get their people out safely, as best they can. I think you can see where a morbidly obese person can complicate this, particularly if injured and incapacitated in the disaster. Maybe they should think of that at their dinner table.

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (995)	1/12/2006 11:24:39 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

What I am primarily referring to is tangibly, clearly provable work-related injuries or a disaster of some sort at the employers' workplace. Then it becomes the responsibility of the employers to get their people out safely, as best they can. I think you can see where a morbidly obese person can complicate this, particularly if injured and incapacitated in the disaster. - Holly True, but the outliers shouldn't drive policy for the mainstream. There shouldn't be official discrimination against those who like fried foods or cheesecake or whatever, or those who are 15 or 20 lbs overweight, because it might be hard to move someone who is 400 lbs. And while the 400lb employee might be a concern for the employee it doesn't justify strong legal moves against the 400lb employee let alone against everyone who is overweight. Tim