news from Texas
[from Popbitch]
Travis County, Texas, has been thinking about
the kind of benefits they can best provide for
their employees. And what they've decided to
offer... is free stomach reduction surgery.
County bosses are looking at providing 15
bariatic surgeries per year. Each surgery costs
about $20,000 but the county thinks it will work
out cheaper than healthcare costs do now. County
Judge Sam Biscoe explained, "We do have more
than our fair share of employees who qualify."
To qualify, employees have to be morbidly obese
and have one year monitored unsuccessful dieting.
10% of the county's 4,100 workforce can apply.