Discounted Weight Loss Surgery For County Employees
Submitted by Michelle Miller on Wednesday, 20 September 2006No Comment
The Travis County commissioners approved using county tax dollars to pay for a weight loss surgery for county employees.
County Commissioners will pay for up to 15 bariatric surgeries per year during a five-year trial.
This is a very radical concept. The whole idea of this came about because the county was looking at a way to control health care costs, and 400 Travis County employees are classified as obese.
To qualify, county employees would have to be diagnosed with morbid obesity and go through one year of monitored unsuccessful dieting and exercise.
