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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:49 AM Original message |
Critics Blast Insurers for Poor Coverage of Eating Disorders |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Of course they aren't covered. It's a moral issue, not a health one. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. eating disorders need a lot more attention |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If society is the cause, is it then a valid medical disorder? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. it is a psychiatric disorder and medical as well |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If what you say is true, then wouldn't it be better to attack the source, media? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. the source = |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I still call BS, my mom was mommy dearest in the truest form, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Disgree that upringing is the key and also disagree that this is not a medical issue. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I'd like to add... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Some experts are saying there may be a genetic tendency toward it. |
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seleff (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Educate yourself... |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It is a medical disorder |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I find your explanation interesting but not convincing. It sounds like |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Posters seem to be conflating cause and treatment with the nature of the condition |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. No, the media does not have the disorder. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. It's not anorexia, its anosexia! nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. wrong spot |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Projection. They won't cover their own money eating disorder. /nt |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. LMAO! Best response I've read all day to any thread! |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R. As a parent of an Anorexic daughter, I can attest to the complexity, |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. K and R from another who has seen it up close. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. I am so very sorry. Blessings. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Golden Oldie, is right, it is medical, but |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Rozlee - Welcome to the DU |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Thanks for all that good info. Welcome. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. MUST SEE video on the topic |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I just swallowed my tongue |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That won't help your weight loss goals. nt |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Eating Disorders are part of a class of chronic behavior-related diseases that scare them... |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. TygrBright is totally correct ! |
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seleff (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Well said |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I agree that obesity is an eating disorder, but I don't think it can be included |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not just 'can be life threatening,' among the most life-threatening of disorders. |
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seleff (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Daughter went to a center in Texas |
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