Go'vt want to stop Medicare from paying 4 WLS...

Check this site out before Christmas Eve and post your remarks. I recv'd this from the Q & A section of the site> Bascially and supposedly, the gov't nolonger want medicare/medicaid to pay for WLS in people over 65 stating it causes too many risks and deaths. //www.medicarefocus.org

Why does this not surprise me?

Here is the actual site of the press release. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=1733 if you have time -- go to this link: The proposed decision memorandum, published today (Nov.23rd), is available on CMS' Coverage website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/coverage. CMS encourages the public to respond to the Agency's proposed decision by submitting public comments directly to the Coverage web site. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the posting of the proposed decision memorandum. After careful consideration of the public comments, CMS will issue a final decision memorandum. # # #