Paying the Bill: Gastric Bypass Medicare?

Gastric Bypass Surgery is an elective surgery that morbidly obese patients receive in order to resize the stomach pouch and in turn cause them to consume less food. This type of surgery is extremely costly and patients often require help from their health insurance company.

Patients who are on Medicare are sometimes granted coverage for the surgery is they meet certain criteria. Medicare patients must submit a form from their psychician stating that the surgery is medically necessary or that the surgery is necessary to correct an illness that was caused by the patient's obesity.