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Study: Bariatric surgery repays cost within two to four years
Though it typically costs between $17,000 and $26,000, gastric bypass surgery's costs are typically offset within two to four years by saving on other forms of medical care, according to a new... Read more...
Trend: Patients going to Mexico to get bariatric surgery
Frustrated by limits imposed by U.S. health plans--which typically require patients to have a BMI of 40--patients are increasingly going to Mexico to get bariatric surgeries done. They're doing this... Read more...
MI data suggests weight-loss surgery getting safer
At least in Michigan, it appears that bariatric surgery may be getting safer. This, at least, is the conclusion suggested by first year of data collected from a registry there, maintained by a... Read more...
