ObamaCare Requires Insurance Providers Help with Weight Loss

They at least get to choose how

There's new hope for heavy people desperate to lose weight. Many insurers are stepping up their coverage of obesity.

Some insurance companies have helped obese patients fight fat for years. They've offered weight-loss and wellness programs at businesses, schools and in communities. Some have paid for prescription obesity medications and even covered expensive bariatric surgeries, including gastric bypass.

But now most insurance plans are required to help obese patients try to lose weight under President Obama's health care law. Exactly how they do it is up to the individual plans.