July 16, 2004

Obesity in the News

Medicare to fund obesity treatment
 
I said in my post yesterday that Medicare paid for surgery.  It seems that statement may or may not have been true yesterday.  I knew a woman 3 years ago that had the MGB paid for by medicare, or perhaps it was Medicaid.  She had an extreme amount of comorbitities, so perhaps that's why she wasn't denied coverage. Either way, the good news is that this morning, Medicare announced that obesity is indeed a disease.  This means that millions of obese Americans will now find it easier to have weight loss surgery covered.

Posted by Manda on July 16, 2004 06:55 AM