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Article: State won't bear cost of Weight Watchers for Medicaid recipients
- Article from:
- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 13, 2007
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Free Weight Watchers programs rolled out for state Medicaid
beneficiaries will not cost the state extra money.
The courses are being made available to some Medicaid recipients
through UniCare, a managed care company.
UniCare is the largest company offering managed care to Medicaid
participants in West Virginia. It serves 75,000 of the more than
300,000 participants in the state's health care program for the poor.
Unicare provides its participants with health benefits under a
contract negotiated with the state Department of Health and Human
Resources. It is paid per participant.
Because of its arrangement with UniCare, it was unnecessary for
the state to seek bids for the weight-loss ...