I thought that to get insurance to pay you not only had to be overweight but you had to be able to proe, usually through documentation from a physician what steps you took to lose the weight on your own and with medical help, and then you also had to be in imminent danger of having serious health related problems due to weight loss. Ofcourse, anyone as big as Mangino is, is probaly is serious health trouble.
I had no idea that the stomache surgery is not going ot guarantee weight loss, I thought it was a sure thing