 [ Symptoms ] will medicaid cover bariatric banding  i have asthma hypertension fibromyalgia bipolar disorder and hypothyroidism my asthma doc says my asthma will be more easily controlled if i continue to loose weight though i have never smoked and am only 54 my lung age was 84 at my last breathing test my bmi is at 36 right now i am having no luck finding a good doctor of internal medicine who takes medicaid but wonder if medicaid would cover the cost of bariatric surgery i have medicare as well because of disability [ Disease ] you can burn 20  30 calories in one seating leave your hot seat and go and find some serious workout