If it were free, what medical proceedure would you want today?

[salinen]

Boy, I would get all those scans that they recommend so that diseases are detected early. But no F. way would my insurance company recommend for the reason of early detection. I bet they'd even get a good laugh out of it.

The non-health care system is working just fine.

[burythehatchet]

1. Penis reduction surgery

[Occam Bandage]

6. Ah, just do what I did: build a miniature guillotine.

[Occam Bandage]

2. Boob job. Then get it removed a week later.

Deny anything was different, during the week and after.

[ecstatic]

3. something cosmetic :) nt

[LiberalEsto]

4. Acupuncture

for my back, knees and ankles, to lose more weight (lost 26 pounds with acupuncture but ran out of money), and to deal with stress.

[glowing]

5. A breast reduction... in all seriousness.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. None. I'm not much into medical procedures.

[ogneopasno]

8. I'd get a bunch of moles removed. Well, I should do that anyway. I have very good insurance;

I'm just lazy.

[luvspeas]

9. You'd get a bigger response if you asked "what medical procedure would you NEED today...

Tons of people out there suffering and living without proper healthcare.

[harun]

11. I agree. Otherwise its a bunch of air heads who want to get bigger lips on the

tax payers dime.

[salinen]

27. Yep

NEED is the word

[Vinca]

10. I would love to know what I injured on the treadmill 5 years ago

that has caused me considerable pain ever since. It happened right after we gave up the insurance because we couldn't afford it and while I was on a "get-in-great-shape-and-stay-very-healthy-until-we-get-a-Democrat-in-office" program.

[sutz12]

12. I could use some dental work...

I know it won't be covered, but......:shrug:

[ensho]

13. teeth

please Obama put dental into medicare

[JFN1]

14. Back surgery for my husband

and someone to pull my wisdom teeth!!

[NightWatcher]

15. tonsils OUT

[gauguin57]

16. Get the flaming-liberal-Democrat commie-pinko-feminist chip removed from my brain for a while.

I need a rest. I need to stop thinking and worrying and obsessing over every news story in the paper.

I'd to know what it's like to be a stupid sheep for a while, only caring about myself and how I can hold onto all my ill-gotten gains.

Scratch that. I'll keep the chip in. I'd like to get all of my moles removed, so I won't have to worry about them turning cancerous later.

[Spacemom]

17. I like to be treated for my diabetes

I have no health insurance.

quarterly visits to the doctor for monitoring and basic diabetes meds would be nice, but I can't afford it. :(

Instead I get to look forward to kidney failure, amputation and blindness.

[Coyote_Bandit]

18. I'd start with

a full check-up since I haven't seen a doctor in over a decade. I'd follow up on that as necessary.

I'd have some moles and skin tags removed.

I'd get the dental work done that I need.

I get some new glasses. Even though I have some signficant vision impairment I haven't had new glasses in several years now.

I'd opt out of the elective stuff. But I'd get the basic care that I am currently doing without.

[flamin lib]

19. Not for me, but for all the Conservatives/Republicans out there:

A Plexiostomy. That's surgery that puts a clear plastic window in your abdomen so you can see where you're going with your head that far up your ass.

Or maybe a Cranial/Rectal reversal to just get their head out of their ass to begin with.

[cobalt1999]

20. None.

I take heat from my wife all the time about not going for physicals and getting checked for cancers, high cholesterol, etc. even though my insurance pays for it all.

I'll just drop dead one day and the autopsy will tell everyone why.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. I'd get my teeth checked.

I don't have any obvious problems, but I haven't been to the dentist in so long I can't remember the last time -- sometime back in the '90s when I was still working and had modest dental insurance -- so I probably have a cavity or two tucked away. Dentists are just way too expensive even for preventive care, so it's been something I've put off.

[Myrina]

22. Breast Reduction.

Tired of having furrows in my shoulders and a permanent backache.
I suspect a reduction would also alleviate several other chronic aches and pains I have.

[RebelOne]

23. Face lift. n/t

[Contrary1]

24. I would like to get some "repair work" for exterior damage caused by a previous surgery...

but only if I was provided with adequate pain meds to get me through it. And a chin and eyelid lift. :)

[eShirl]

25. teeth out, dentures in

[Maine-ah]

26. I'd like to find out what is causing my 24/7 head ache.

and try to get it fixed.

[Book Lover]

28. Dental (nm)

[Posteritatis]

29. Interesting set of responses; didn't expect half of them to be cosmetic surgery (nt)

[Earth_First]

30. Dental

I know that I need an exam, and I know that I have a few procedures that I need to have performed.

The problem is that I cannot afford the thousands of dollars I am probably looking at.