New Arkansas law to make weight-loss surgery affordable gets mixed reviews

BRYANT, Ark. — For Christine Whan of El Dorado, bariatric surgery was a life changer.

“I can cross my legs,” Whan said. “I have less asthma and less joint pain. I can carry my granddaughters up the stairs.”

She had the surgery at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Bryant with Dr. Samuel Bledsoe…

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