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[TheUnicornGuy]

The insurance company is essentially saying Fuck him, He did this, let him die ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Sounds good to me.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

The surgeon who wilfully amputated this guy's perfectly fine legs should go to jail too.

Well they did their job better than the person who taught you to read.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

I'm confused. It sounds like he necrosed his legs by freezing them, thereby needing bilat amputation to stay alive. I feel the insurance company should have to cover for life saving surgery regardless of what caused his necrosis? Clearly the guy is mentally deranged...

The insurance company is essentially saying Fuck him, He did this, let him die ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Edit: never mind it looks like they gave him a check for half a million pounds? I don't understand why though



lol wtf

If I freeze my legs, like I get trapped outside in the snow, and I need to get amputation, then yea that's covered. But not if I freeze my legs so they get amputated to satisfy some weird fetish. He lied and claimed it was medically necessary and justified it by hurting himself. That is fraud. The insurance company is in the right to try to get the money back. It's like setting your house on fire to collect the insurance. Yes your policy covers a loss in case of fire, but not if you start the fire.

This is in the UK. The surgery would be covered by the NHS. Regardless of who causes the injury, life saving treatment is covered. The NHS doesn't send unsuccessful suicidal people the bill either. The payout was from a disability claim he made with his private insurer that probably had an exclusion for self inflicted injuries.

 

[12Goblins]

Wrong thread

 

[lughnasadh123]

Someone wore down their VHS copy of Boxing Helena.

 

[diffusionx]

This is in the UK. The surgery would be covered by the NHS. Regardless of who causes the injury, life saving treatment is covered. The NHS doesn't send unsuccessful suicidal people the bill either. The payout was from a disability claim he made with his private insurer that probably had an exclusion for self inflicted injuries.

Maybe that's why the NHS is such a piece of shit. But I clearly said it was an insurance company he was defrauding.

 

[Coconutt]

Mental asylums need to make a comeback.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Mental asylums need to make a comeback.

I'm not clicking the article but what I've read in the comments is mad disturbing. This is so beyond the pale

 

[jason10mm]

Someone wore down their VHS copy of Boxing Helena.

Fuck that is a deeeeeep pull!

 

[Sticks]

They'll be tossing his ass around like a midget