Is Weight Loss Surgery Covered By Insurance?
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Obesity is an expensive health problem. Those suffering from
being overweight have all kinds of other health related diseases including high
blood pressure, arthritis, heart disease, strokes, respiratory problems, sleep
apnea and diabetes. It is estimated that obese people and insurance companies
spend over $238 billion dollars treating obesity related health issues. In
addition, obese people are more likely to suffer an early death than those who
are of normal weight. Health insurance companies are starting to realize the
amount of money spent on these illnesses and are beginning to cover most aspects
of weight loss surgery. Covering these types of surgeries helps both the patient
and the insurance company save a lot of money over a period of time.
The first step in becoming approved for weight loss surgery is to make sure you
meet the National Institutes of Health criteria. This generally states that
patients must be morbidly obese before qualifying for the surgery. This means
that patients should be 100 pounds or more overweight or twice their body mass
index rating. Sometimes insurance companies will allow these types of surgeries
on patients who weight less than 100 pounds, if that person is suffering from
debilitating illnesses that is directly related to obesity.
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Weight Loss Surgery News
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- A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.
- Women who get pregnant after weight-loss surgery tend to be healthier and less likely to deliver a baby born with complications compared to obese women, researchers said on Tuesday.
- Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure-- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby--than pregnant women who are obese, according t
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