LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Lose the weight, keep it off and get it all paid for. That deal is being offered to CCSD educators.

More than 50 have gotten bariatric surgery through the Wellness Incentive Program so far.

Two years ago, the Teachers Health Trust, the health insurance plan for educators in Clark County, started offering the incentive. If an educator facing health challenges because of morbid obesity opts for bariatric surgery their $5,000 co-pay will be reimbursed if they keep the weight off over a five-year period, $1,000 each year their target body mass index is met.

“This used to be tight on me. These are 48”. I used to wear 50” and now I’m down to a 36,” Dean Goldhammer, a CCSD special education teacher and coach for 30 years explained to FOX5 holding up a pair of jeans.

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