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| No | 81% | 647 votes | Total: 799 votes | |
| Yes | 19% | 152 votes |
No
Created on: November 14, 2009
If smokers and the obese are denied coronary artery bypass or other medical procedures where will this
Created on: January 05, 2010
The question of whether or not smokers and the obese should be arbitrarily denied coronary artery bypass
Created on: February 18, 2008
Those of us, particularly within the United States, are in the midst of a social engineering phenomenon
Created on: November 26, 2010
There are four fundamental reasons why smokers and the obese should not – and must not - be denied
Created on: June 14, 2008
Reading this might be a temporary escape from reality. There are still people who believe that "personal
Created on: November 03, 2009 Last Updated: November 08, 2009
No one should be denied health care, period. There is a human obligation to our fellow human beings
Created on: February 19, 2008
Denying medical treatment based on personal habits or physical condition is the first step down a very
by Lily Garner
Created on: January 16, 2009
Has our world really come to this? Are we seriously discussing who should get medical treatment and
Created on: September 10, 2009
Nothing is a better test to determine if a society is sick than the willingness to deny medical care
by M. L. Kiser
Created on: May 14, 2009 Last Updated: April 14, 2010
My God! Have we become such a heartless society that we even have to debate this? Has humanity
Created on: September 28, 2009
Medical treatment should be available for everyone. As it stands now, there are millions of people without
Created on: November 04, 2008
No! And this is a dangerous question. It reduces "real" healthcare issues to debating killing off smokers
by Tony Narloch
Created on: June 11, 2009
Living in Scotland, our civil law (known as "delict") provides that a "victim" to harm must ensure that
Created on: December 01, 2008 Last Updated: December 28, 2011
At first glance, it would seem perfectly acceptable to deny medical treatment to smokers and the obese.
by Ann Hinds
Created on: June 13, 2009 Last Updated: August 29, 2009
People who believe that smokers and the obese should be denied bypass surgery have the same mindset
Created on: April 26, 2010
Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery?
Sure, and women who produce babies
by Anthony Shaw
Created on: October 12, 2009
In 1930, at the age of nine, my father started smoking. He was the youngest of six children. All his
Created on: November 04, 2008 Last Updated: November 17, 2008
Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery?
That question alone is an insult
Created on: February 23, 2009
Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery? This would be like asking if
Created on: December 01, 2008
This is the question that will arise when and if medical care becomes socialized in this country. As
Yes
Created on: February 17, 2008 Last Updated: February 18, 2008
Coronary artery bypass surgery is a surgical procedure carried out to relieve angina and reduce the
by Amelia Bray
Created on: November 03, 2008 Last Updated: November 12, 2008
Yes. Absolutely. Think about it, you're a healthy, fit person, who has happened to have the misfortune
by Ramp Worm
Created on: March 04, 2010
From the statistics I have read, and the data suggests, the smokers and obese are sucking
Created on: October 20, 2008
Why would a smoker want to have bypass surgery (bypass surgery means surgery so blood can flow around
by John Graham
Created on: February 21, 2008
Certainly! Smokers should be denied all insurance protection for any medical condition, such as coronary
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