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Height: | Senate panel tackles weight-loss surgery (The Wichita Eagle) Quote: Senate panel tackles weight-loss surgery (The Wichita Eagle)
More than half of adult Kansans are overweight and almost a quarter are obese, which caused an estimated $657 million annually in medical expenses between 1998 and 2000. On Thursday, a Senate committee heard from a Wichita man and a Topeka doctor who said the morbidly obese could be helped, and lives could be saved, if insurance companies paid for weight-loss surgery. Sen. Jim Barnett, ... published Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:54:46 GMT More... | Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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