Why is OH allowing ads from 1-800 get **** even after they were exposed by The L.A. Times?

I just don't get it. Yeah, I know WLS is big biz...butttttt!

However, after S. Pfeifer (L.A.Times writer) exposed multiple deaths occurring after undergoing lapband surgery at facilities associated with this referral company, I think OH needs to use discretion re whom they accept ads from.

What do you guys think? Answer fast. I expect OH to yank this post...

I wouldn't hold your breath. Advertiser dollars are more difficult to obtain today. I live in southern CA and also heard that news item.  I also see a ad for lapband removal at a hosptial this AM at the top of the page.  Each person should fully research their surgeon and surgery before surgery.  DAVE

OH does not control the ads you see at the top - they are related to whatever topics you might be searching about or viewing. I think its a google thing.

Ive seen lots of ads on here that dont belong - pizza, junk food, crazy fad diets. I was happiest when I had been searching for vacations and i got lots of ads about deals

Those ads are here, and on all those billboards, and on TV, because they generate income for Google, for websites, for billboard owners, for the TV stations, etc etc. That story was news in NorCal as well, and probably nationally, yet the ads have only proliferated. 
     As Dave said, patients need to research their potential surgeon carefully, and also research the different types of wls, not just respond to a billboard or some equally poor source of medical information. Sadly, many people don't do this. If the ads weren't making $$ for the product's manufacturer and the surgeons who are affiliated with these facilities, you wouldn't see the ads any longer.

Larra