March 22, 2010 NIB axes obesity cover and cuts entitlements for hip and knee replacements, obstetric care, renal dialysis and cardiac procedures
There has also been a 60 per cent increase in the numbers of patients claiming for the procedures over the same three-year period. Just over 650 members were treated for obesity procedures in 2008-09.
A spokesman for the fund, which accounts for about 7 per cent of the national health insurance market, said each obesity surgery case cost the fund about $8000.
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