In the Specialty and Service Society Section this morning, members voted in support of the
@asmbs amendment to strengthen Resolution 710 on parity in access to evidence-based obesity treatment.
Obesity has been recognized by the AMA as a chronic disease for more than a decade. Coverage policy needs to reflect that reality.
Patients should not face arbitrary exclusions, BMI cutoffs, unsupported supervised weight loss requirements, or barriers to care that would be unacceptable for other chronic diseases.
Grateful to see support from colleagues across specialties for moving this work forward.