Obesity and Policy

Paper Summary:

Obesity is a condition that affects more than one-quarter of adults and one out of five children according to the American Obesity Association (AOA). This paper proposes a policy whose objective is to encourage individuals with obesity to obtain the best possible medical care for their disease. It looks at how this policy will also help overcome the stigma that is attached to obesity and how it will urge health insurance companies and government agencies to be responsible for programs to treat obesity as they do with other diseases.

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"A policy must be in place to hold insurance companies responsible for providing programs for obese people. If medically diagnosed with obesity by two or more physicians then the insurance company will provide reimbursement for the reduction of weight. This will include a discounted price for a membership in a gym, which will be contracted with the specific insurance company. To pay for or equal the costs to the insurance companies, they can increase premiums for persons who are diagnosed by two or more doctors with the disease of obesity."

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