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I heard media reports a few months ago about Medicare eliminating coverage of obesity surgery for those 65 years of age and older. Will the rules allow me to have surgery?

April 26, 2017ago coverage eliminating heard media medicare months obesity reports surgery

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I heard media reports a few months ago about Medicare eliminating coverage of obesity surgery for those 65 years of age and older. Will the rules allow me to have surgery?

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Yes. There are no age restrictions in the new rules. There is a great deal of confusion on this issue. As part of the process of adopting new rules, Medicare originally proposed limiting surgery to those under the age of 65. This proposed rule was removed from the final decision when the obesity surgery community provided additional data on the safety and effectiveness of obesity surgery in older Americans.