This article isn't specifically about gastric bypass surgery, but it does make mention of it. This article addresses the rising cost of health care and how health insurance companies deal with certain issues such as gastric bypass surgery insurance coverage.
Health care is becoming a bigger and bigger political issue as costs continue to rise. An enormous bureaucracy combined with gigantic lawsuit payouts continue to drive the price higher. There is a great deal of resistance to a nationalized health care system due to the numerous negative consequences that would occur.
"Paciulli also gets frustrated when insurers decline to pay for services such as gastric bypass, for patients suffering from morbid obesity. 'Studies have shown there is an effective way to treat this,' she said. It doesn't make sense, she explained, because the long-term consequences, such as colon cancer or diabetes, cost far more to treat than the alternative of gastric surgery.'"
full article
