anyone w/BC/BS of illinois been denied for lack of 5 years of med supervised diet?

a prior auth request was sent to my insurance on June 30th. Insurance denied me on Sept 9th because they said they revised their guidelines on August 15th to include the patient has to have FIVE YEARS (can you believe it?) of a medically supervised diet. It is my understanding that Illinois state law provides that insurance companies are required to offer benefits for obesity-related problems. Does anyone know if this is true? So they aren't excluding it but they are making it impossible to access these benefits.

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