Government Now Consider Obesity An Illness

ABC News (7/16/04) - Medicare will now cover some treatment for obesity, but taxpayers will have to pay. This fall the government will decide which programs to cover: Nutritional programs, psychological counseling or stomach stapling. Seven (7) million medicare patients are considered obese. There will be strong pressure for many companies to cover the treatment for illness.

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