A survey of 74 previously unemployed bariatric patients at Bellevue Hospital found 24 percent of them had gotten jobs afterwards, compared with only 9 percent of a control group of obese patients who did not get surgery.
In New York, bariatric surgery costs from $4,000-$15,000 and is covered by Medicaid, but with ongoing Medicaid cuts, some states are less generous about paying for bariatric surgery.
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