That may end up happening for purely logistical reasons, I suspect, and also because the industry will want to regain public confidence and be seen to be doing all it can to help. The main thing is that the logistics shouldn't delay medically necessary procedures.
I think we may disagree on the general principle, but I'd be interested in how far you take it. Would you be in favour of requiring tobacco companies to pay for the treatment of smokers who get lung cancer, for example? Or the drinks industry paying for liver transplants? Perhaps so - but I don't see anyone campaigning for that, while people are queuing up to complain about this far smaller, far less lethal problem.
Also, when you say you're opposed to non-reconstructive cosmetic surgery, I personally think that's a rather sweeping position (I'm in favour of letting people do what they like, unless there are compelling reasons not to), but also one that doesn't reflect the variety of reasons people might seek such a procedure. To take one example that was alluded to upthread, what about a trans women who is unable to develop breasts using hormonal treatments alone? It's clearly not a case of reconstruction, but are you happy to class it with a lunchtime botox session?
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Date: 2012-01-08 04:24 pm (UTC)I think we may disagree on the general principle, but I'd be interested in how far you take it. Would you be in favour of requiring tobacco companies to pay for the treatment of smokers who get lung cancer, for example? Or the drinks industry paying for liver transplants? Perhaps so - but I don't see anyone campaigning for that, while people are queuing up to complain about this far smaller, far less lethal problem.
Also, when you say you're opposed to non-reconstructive cosmetic surgery, I personally think that's a rather sweeping position (I'm in favour of letting people do what they like, unless there are compelling reasons not to), but also one that doesn't reflect the variety of reasons people might seek such a procedure. To take one example that was alluded to upthread, what about a trans women who is unable to develop breasts using hormonal treatments alone? It's clearly not a case of reconstruction, but are you happy to class it with a lunchtime botox session?