Military Makeover, breast implants for soldiers

[Sven77]

Keith Olbermann - Military makeover
July 19: Karen Schaler with the New Yorker magazine reports on the military spending money for soldier's plastic surgery.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

Men get money for college, women get implants if they enlist.

[Sven77]

1. beat me to it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x701777

[Marvelous_Smarty]

2. Doctors have to keep up their certifications

so they have to perform so many a year. Also a lot of soldiers need reconstructive or cosmetic surgery when wounded and doctors have to keep their skills up. I was shot in the face during my time in the army, so I did have some reconstructive surgery done. I was glad that my surgeon had kept his skills sharp.

[CaTeacher]

3. This is one of the few great things about the military,

they do a lot to provide for all of their people's physical needs.

I wish that EVERY American had health care like this. Where not only the basics are covered, but even things that are not so basic can be covered for a little more.

I would be very happy to have a health care plan for all people that is like the military offers. (they do deserve everything they get though)

[jpgray]

4. Then farm them out to do trauma reconstruction for those who need it

That way those who don't have money for such treatment can live a better life--I don't see how the answer is to give out unnecessary cosmetic surgery free as a perk. The surgeons would get better experience working in a similar environment as they would have with injured soldiers--I'd really rather not have a surgeon who'd simply been doing boob jobs and lipo working on grafting my skin or reconstructing my face.