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 Even type 1 diabetics can benefit from bariatric surgery, because it can dramatically lower their need for daily insulin. As a result, physicians are lobbying insurance companies to lower requirements for surgery. The change is needed because diabetes has become a fast-spreading, global epidemic. If current trends continue, one out of every three children born in the U.S. will become diabetic. But the insurance industry has been hesitant to respond because surgery is a major expense. Doctors counter by saying preventing, or even reversing, diabetes in patients will save millions in down-the-road healthcare costs. "There's no other treatment out there that can help reverse diabetes, except bypass surgery," Dr. Davidson said.

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