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WLS Procedures
Bariatric Surgeries: Duodenal Switch Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass Intra-Gastric Balloon Lap Band/Realize Band Mini Gastric Bypass Revision Surgery/StomaphyX Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass VBLOC Therapy Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Weight Loss Surgery Comparison Chart

Obtaining WLS

Find out about the status of laws protecting from discrimination on the part of health insurance companies against those suffering from morbid obesity in your state.

Research and/or report on the willingness of your employer to purchase a full coverage plan that includes the medical treatment of the disease of morbid obesity.

Research and/or report on the latest WLS approval policies of your insurance provider.

If insurance coverage cannot be obtained, learn about self-pay options, financing, and possibly traveling out of the country to be able to afford bariatric surgery.

Is weight loss surgery right for me?
What is bariatric surgery or bariatrics?
What ever happened to good old fashioned stomach stapling?
Why do you keep calling obesity a disease, isn't it a mental problem? Just put down the fork!
Isn't weight loss surgery the "easy way out?"
I heard that weight loss surgery can actually CURE adult onset diabetes! Is this true?
I'm scared of regaining the weight, as I have seen some people, including celebrities, do. Which procedure has the best long-term chances of keeping off the weight permanently?