HELP please! I'm so depressed because of this..... - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

CollegeJoe · 07-30-2007, 12:45 AM

I'm seeking other insurance :-)

goshera1 · 07-30-2007, 12:26 PM

Hi Cindy,

I have Mercy (MedClinic) through my Husbands work. They do cover the surgery if you qualify. I had to pay $500.each day in the hospital as my copay but that was so well worth it! You also have to do a 6m diet with the dietitian.

Good luck!

Haveaball · 07-31-2007, 04:43 AM

I currently have Aenta and it is totally excluded from the policy! I think that the insurance companys are cracking down. I had no problems with Harvard Pilgram. They approved me within same day. Great for me, thank God!

monkeygrly · 07-31-2007, 09:14 AM

I have Aetna and it was covered. Your employer can choose to have a clause written into the policy declining coverage of that surgery for whatever reason. There is somebody at my office currently doing the 6 month required diet so that she can have the surgery and she was told that it would be covered.

ttcmona · 07-31-2007, 11:40 AM

This has all been so helpful for my husband and I.

Cinerbelle · 07-31-2007, 11:42 AM

It also depends on the state you are in.... you just have to research your own insurance. ;(

Joe · 07-31-2007, 12:36 PM

I had my surgery last year and BC/BS paid 100% of the cost. Mine was a PPO, maybe yours is a HMO. Dont know the dif between yours and mine.

Good luck,

Joe

Duckie · 08-01-2007, 05:43 AM

Actually, the difference is not by state.. it is by COMPANY. You have to investigate each policy at your/hubbie's company

Cinerbelle · 08-01-2007, 05:58 AM

It's also by state...when I began my journey I spoke with Aetna and they told me California has very specfic laws regarding them not being able to exclude it.... unless it was excluded by the company.

Toony · 08-12-2007, 08:26 PM

Cinderbelle...

I have Aetna too, and they are covering me... my choice even! (Lap Band or bypass)...