A Houston news website recently ran a story about a 500-pound woman who has turned to Lap-Band Surgery (using the LAP-BAND System). The woman’s insurance would not cover the cost of the bariatric surgery procedure, so an area hospital provided the surgery free of charge.
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“It’s a shame that we pay so much for insurance, and when we need it the most and when we need the help we don’t get it from the insurance,” Aguilar’s aunt said. How many people are denied coverage for bariatric surgery is unclear. Why they deny people is sometimes misunderstood.
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