Do you think Medicare would foot bill for...

[Inchworm]

umm.. nicotine replacement therapy...

:shrug:

[whistle]

1. No

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. Since ins. cos. are starting to pay for gastric bypass surgery

for morbidly obese teenagers and adults, I am waiting for paid liposuction, since I eat very little and my metabolism is real slow (yes I have a dead thyroid gland).

[Debau2005]

5. I am having my thyroid removed

on July 17th, the nodules are pressing on my larynx. I have been on Synthroid and have done well, I lost 10 pounds in the first few months. Are you on anything? Good luck with the thyroid, it took me several doctor changes to get a diagnosis that helped me!

[Nicole]

3. No but they do pay for

Smoking Cessation Sessions.

[Solon]

4. I think they would, and a single-payer system should also...

Cost-benefit analysis for such a system is to help you quit as soon as possible, its cheaper than an iron lung or cancer therapy, and it keeps you productive, and alive, which is a boom for the economy.