In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration treats existing anti-obesity medications as lifestyle drugs, which typically makes them ineligible for reimbursement under health-insurance policies.
Will a health-insurance policy for the student be necessary?
For the most part, health-insurance policies cover the clinic fees.
"Drivers will for the first time get the choice of letting their health-insurance policies cover them in car accidents," Mr. Florio said.
Mr. Florio said he will also propose legislation to expand health-insurance policies to cover drug abuse, and to encourage businesses to add drug-treatment programs.
Even though he made a strong recovery, health-insurance policies have painfully little coverage for the many rehab therapies needed for decades, if not for life.
The most immediate impact of the new regulation will be on individual health-insurance policies and small group policies, which make up 15 percent of all coverage.
For example, it's now illegal to sell a health-insurance policy that does not include mental health benefits and a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for new mothers.
Your critics say that AARP, which sells health-insurance policies, stands to profit from the new legislation, which will provide billions of dollars in subsidies to insurance companies.
Since the patient has already had to give a receptionist the number of his health-insurance policy, there isn't likely to be much talk about how much all this will cost.
