everybody’s
voice matters
Women across the country are sharing their stories about obesity care and the need for better coverage. Join us as we work together to urge health insurers, employers and elected officials to provide coverage for comprehensive obesity care.
You can make a difference—
tell us about your or your loved one’s experience accessing coverage for obesity care.
Agnes
Caitlin
Insurance will pay for obesity-related conditions rather than paying to prevent the condition in the first place. West Virginians deserve better.
—Jennifer
Michele
Patricia
Jill
Heidi
Celene
Kristal
I've struggled with obesity for several years and that affects every aspect of my life. And I wish that there was better coverage with insurance to help.
—Linda
Insurance companies should cover obesity care because obesity itself comes with a lot of health problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol.
—Joy
Insurance should cover obesity because obesity leads to a lot of other problems. If I could lose this weight, the arthritis would not hurt me as bad.
—Mary
I think insurance companies are going to save a lot of money with people not having to deal with risk factors that otherwise exist when you're overweight.
—Ana
I have so many health issues and if I could lose weight, I could get off of so many other medications. That's why insurance needs to cover obesity care.
—Brandy
If you have chronic pain that might be made worse by obesity, you can get the pain medication covered, but not for the actual cause of the pain, obesity.
—Jessica