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CMS Will Not Cover Weight-Loss Surgeries For Non-Obese Diabetes Patients
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Publication Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:00:00 PST
News URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129947.php
CMS Will Not Cover Weight-Loss Surgeries For Non-Obese Diabetes PatientsCMS on Monday said that it will not cover weight-loss surgery for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are not dangerously overweight because there is not ample evidence proving the procedure can improve their health, Reuters/Yahoo! News reports. Currently, Medicare and private insurers cover weight-loss surgeries, which range in cost from $15,000 to $35,000, for severely obese people.
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