Since obesity was officially names a disease in 2013, has anyone noticed if it changed...

Since obesity was officially named a disease in 2013, has anyone noticed if it changed insurance requirements. Was anyone who was declared not qualified for surgery prior to 2013  been approved more recently?

it not really about insurance in thAt way. Whether Wls surgery will be. Paid for or not,depends on what the employer buys for their employees,from the insurance co.

if the employer doesn't buy the rider for WLS,then the insurance co is not going to cover it. Period. 

What hollykim said. The bottom line is money. Because of that, fewer insurance companies seem to be covering WLS than they were a few years ago. Because health care costs have been increasing at an alarming rate, employers have been cutting "extras" like WLS to cut costs.