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Originally Posted by Native2u
So...I have a couple of questions for you Jersey.
So, you'd be OK with the a denial from your insurance company if you didn't qualify? Or better yet, you were in the middle of your diet with you doctor and your insurance company just "out of the blue" raised the qualifications for WLS?
You'd be OK with this??
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Hello, I made a general statement. Call off the dogs for about 2 mins of your life please.
No, I wasnt happy when my insurance company put me through hell to get all my requirements, then denied me, then tacked on 6 months of dietary requirements. Guess what though, they are an insurance company... they can do it.
I'm not a doctor, nor do i play one on tv, but there are some of us here who were not in medical danger to die in the next year. Therefore it wasnt a necessity, it was something we felt we needed to lose the weight to help the co-morbidities. If I didn't qualify through my insurance company and didn't win my appeals, I would have probably tried to fund it myself or wait. I haven't been in that position, so I don't know.
But, WLS is becoming way more common nowadays... not that it is a quick fix, but it went from something so taboo about 5 yrs ago, to something so widely talked about and even advertised on a billboard. I don't blame the insurance companies for making their bmi requirement higher, they are tryin to save themselves money too.