Children's Health and Fitness - Len Saunders

From Bluffton Today?..

The results from South Carolina?s obesity-surgery pilot program will be gathered this year from the 100-patient experiment in cost-cutting.

In January of last year, obese patients who were enrolled in the State Health Plan jockeyed for a spot in the $2.4 million pilot program for state-funded bariatric surgery. It was a novel response to an expensive health care problem, and some questioned whether it would truly cut health care costs by preventing other obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes.

Ella McFadden is one who hopes South Carolina?s State Health Plan extends its controversial bariatric surgery pilot program.

?My fingers are crossed,? said McFadden, who has two daughters in their 20s and a 5-year-old grandson, and owns a home-care agency. She said has been trying to lose weight for years, and her doctor finally recommended surgery.

?I was reading up on obesity and gastric bypass, and I?m like, ?oh, wow, I didn?t even know about this,?? said McFadden, referring to the state pilot program. But the application deadline had already passed.

The Manning woman, whose husband is in law enforcement and covered by the State Health Plan, said her BMI is greater than 40. She?s struggled with her weight since childhood and today must manage her blood pressure.

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