Obesity surgery for diabetes is a tough sell

Even as the U.S. government considers paying for weight-loss surgery to treat the most common form of diabetes, the costly procedure will be a tough sell for employers and insurers. The U.S. Medicare program, the federal health plan for 44 million elderly and disabled, is considering reimbursement amid findings that bariatric surgery can have a dramatic impact on type 2 diabetes, which has reached epidemic levels in the United States. Wall Street is anxiously awaiting a decision, since increased