Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Socialized Health Care: Don't Get Fat

Looks like Michael Moore won't be experiencing New Zealand's public health care system anytime soon.
A British man who moved to New Zealand has been told by officials that his wife is too fat to join him.

Richie Trezise, 35, a rugby-playing Welshman, lost weight to gain entry to New Zealand after initially being rejected for being overweight and a potential burden on the health care system.

Richie and Rowan Trezise
Richie and Rowan Trezise have been battling to shed pounds
His wife, Rowan, 33, a photographer, has been battling for months to shed the pounds so they can be reunited and live Down Under but has so far been unable to overcome New Zealand’s weight regulations.
Socialized medicine works great -- as long as they don't have to treat too many sick people. I'm betting there are no restrictions on people with a high risk of getting AIDS.

2 comments:

Tonto said...

if that is the case then I think we will be left with the same amount of people without medical coverage as we have now!!

Anonymous said...

What do they do with her if she loses it then gains it back after moving there??

(Good point, Tonto!)