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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something else has occurred to me about this show. No one ever seems to have a job--not the obese person or the family member.  I assume the obese person is on Medicaid? Would that pay for the gastric bypass surgery? What about skin surgery--I wouldn't that be considered elective?[/quote]

TLC pays for the surgeries in these cases.  Zsalynn was one another show about her BBW club, and at the end, "they" (meaning she and her husband, but probably just her husband) decided to use the money they had saved for surgery to pay for home renovations.  The postscript was that Zsalynn had decided to apply for a reality show that would pay for her surgery.  I'm assuming that reality show was My 600-lb Life.

The family members who help are probably paid home care workers.  It actually costs less for the state/insurance to do this.  My MIL was a caregiver for her sister following cancer surgery.  She was paid something like $15 an hour and the doctors signed off that 6 hours of care per day were needed, and her duties were very detailed--things like preparing meals, helping with getting dressed, bathing and using the bathroom.  While she had to be there with her sister pretty much 24/7 (the sister moved in with her and FIL), she was only paid for the time needed to do those things.  It seems likely to me that the families are not making bank being paid 24/7 caregivers.  If someone from outside came in, they would need to be reimbursed for every minute they were there, whether they were shampooing folds of skin or not.

Penny's husband Edgar works at an auto parts store and comes home during lunch to change Penny's peepoop pad.  Paula was working from home doing dispatch for some company.  Also, what's not mentioned is that more than one of these fabulous ladies (hint: it's Pauline!) has income from doing porn.  They could very well have their own legit health insurance to cover care costs.[/quote]

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