When lifesaving surgery constitutes government interference

“You’re extremely overweight, you haven’t managed your congestive heart failure, you haven’t managed your diabetes and there’s no personal accountability,” Petrovic said, quoted by the CBC. I have never before thought of lifesaving surgery as burdensome government interference. If you’re fat, diabetic, or your heart is failing, you still have a chance to win her respect. It’s worrying when ideologues think the starting point of medical care is blame. The hallmark of right-wing doctrinaires is their dislike of “government interference.” In Texas, 1.4 million people won’t get expanded Medicaid because Gov.