corbettw's Journal: controlling medical costs

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246519,00.html

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee is now requiring fatties who want to get gastric bypass to take an IQ test before they'll pay for the surgery, to make sure the patients understand that afterwards they'll have to eat not so much and exercise. But if you're smart enough to eat right and exercise, would you really need to have your stomach stapled in the first place?

PR disaster in labeling

[davidwr]

That insurance company needs better spin doctors.

It's not an "IQ test" or a "psych evaluation," it's a "pre-surgical evaluation to determine if the patient is likely to comply with doctor's orders after surgery."

See how non-threatening this sounds?

smart people do stupid things too

[WGFELyL5]

intelligence != wisdom
intelligence != discipline