State employees were covered for these procedures from 2001-2004, but the coverage ended in 2005 due to cost and risk, according to WCBD News 2.
Each procedure will cost about $24,000.
Read the WCBD News 2 report about the South Carolina obesity surgery.
Read the Associated Press report about the South Carolina weight-loss surgery.
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