LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Lose the weight, keep it off and get it all paid for. That deal is being offered to CCSD educators.
More than 50 have gotten bariatric surgery through the Wellness Incentive Program so far.
Two years ago, the Teachers Health Trust, the health insurance plan for educators in Clark County, started offering the incentive. If an educator facing health challenges because of morbid obesity opts for bariatric surgery their $5,000 co-pay will be reimbursed if they keep the weight off over a five-year period, $1,000 each year their target body mass index is met…