Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight people

[donnay]

Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight people
33 mins ago

​A Texas hospital already facing a lawsuit for discrimination has again made itself the target of intense criticism over its hiring practices. The Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas, says it won't hire anyone considered overweight, declaring that applicants must have a body mass index less than 35. Only Michigan and six U.S. cities have laws against weight-related hiring practices, so the policy could be legal -- at least for now. Last year, the hospital was sued by three cardiologists of Indian descent who said they had been discriminated against, so if you're an overweight Indian doctor looking for a job we strongly suggest you apply elsewhere.

http://now.msn.com/living/0404-hospi...verweight.aspx

[angelatc]

SO who cares? Private property rights. They shouldn't have to hire anybody for any reason.

[seraphson]

SO who cares? Private property rights. They shouldn't have to hire anybody for any reason.

This x ∞

And herein lies the problem with tax funded *anything*. Everyone establishes a sense of entitlement; perhaps it's why everyone wants free cellphones, food, medical attention, education, housing, and more.

In a completely free nation there should be no laws that demand private business owners have to hire anyone based on anything other than their qualifications (and by the content of their character; but perhaps I'm being tautological here...) Affirmative action and equal opportunity can kiss Freedom's ass.

I can only wonder what a nation would be like without a central bank. I think there's a Godwin's law but with Central Banking instead of Nazis. Perhaps we can call it Revolution's law.

[The Free Hornet]

SO who cares? Private property rights. They shouldn't have to hire anybody for any reason.

If the state decides who can practice medicine, then I don't think private property rights apply. These are privileged entities not private entities. And doctors' right to set their own wage... ? Gone! When I'm free to get medical care from anyone, then you're free to set your own damn wages.

Private property? I don't know who owns it, but I do know they can take out my tonsils but my neighbor can't:

As a not-for-profit, community-owned hospital, Citizens Medical Center's financial resources stay in the community, and are reinvested in the hospital, its technology and its people.

http://citizensmedicalcenter.org/about-citizens/

Is this fat doctor not part of the community? Why not sue?

[angelatc]

If the state decides who can practice medicine, then I don't think private property rights apply. These are privileged entities not private entities. And doctors' right to set their own wage... ? Gone!

Is this fat doctor not part of the community? Why not sue?

He's perfectly free to start a private practice. It didn't say the state was refusing to license overweight physicians.

[maskander]

SO who cares? Private property rights. They shouldn't have to hire anybody for any reason.

LOOK HERE LOOK HERE, Justification for being a douche bag, It's in our constitution! Let me see, it should say something here about overweight people and discrimination.

[specsaregood]

LOOK HERE LOOK HERE, Justification for being a douche bag, It's in our constitution! Let me see, it should say something here about overweight people and discrimination.

You don't need the constitution to be a douchebag. It is your natural right.

[eduardo89]

You don't need the constitution to be a douchebag. It is your natural right.

I agree. That's my justification.

[specsaregood]

I agree. That's my justification.

If you don't exercise your rights, you lose them.

[donnay]

Next they won't take patients that are overweight...you know property rights and all.