01-15-2008, 03:43 AM
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Height: | Weight-loss surgery Part 2: Treatments usually aren't covered (Wisconsin State Journa Quote: Weight-loss surgery Part 2: Treatments usually aren't covered (Wisconsin State Journal)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- If you smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for 20 years, you might develop lung cancer. Most insurers would pay for surgery and other cancer treatments without quibbling over it. But if you gradually piled on weight, then developed diabetes or other problems from obesity, your health plan likely would not cover weight-loss surgery without a fight. The insurance industry says ... published Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:22:44 GMT More... | Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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