Getting the treatment necessary to fully recover from an eating disorder costs money. It often costs a lot of money. Because the costs are not adequately covered by insurance, some people have had to rely on second mortgages; others have had to file for bankruptcy.

"Insurers often will cover the medal complications that arise as patients - nearly all of them women or young girls - starve themselves or vomit up their food... But when the heart rate stabilizes, when enough weight is gained, the patient is released right back into her old eating habits with little support."

Currently, just 11 states require insurers to cover eating disorders as mental illnesses. The good news is that the overall opinion of the medical community is changing - albeit slowly. Read more at ContraCostaTimes.com.

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