Barbiedollgirl

Hello everyone. I am Barb from Oregon. I have worked at the Good Samaritan Hospital(for 19 years) here in Portland that is the National Institute of Health's center for excellence for bariatric surgeries. We have insurance coverage for the bariatric surgeries. However, it only covers person over the age of 25. I joined this site to try to get help for my daughter who has decided she would like to have the surgery. Does anyone have words of advice for me on trying to get our insurance to cover her surgery? I will try to appeal approach and have already emailed our VP. I heard there was a lawyer out there that works for the lap banding manufactor that helps people who have insurance problems. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks alot! Barb

Thanks for the advice! My daughter will be 20 in June. I don't think we can take out another $20,000 in loans to have the surgery and my husband will kill me if I second mortage the house (he's skinny and doesn't understand). I have emailed the lawyer asking for advice. At work we are getting ready to decide our benefits for next year and they are taking surveys to see what people want. I will do the survey and I have all my friends do the survey too on my daughter's behalf. I work for the hospital that does these surgeries. Our surgeon has been meeting with our VP to see about changing the age exclusions, but nothing will probably happen this year which is okay since we have to see the dietician and be followed by him/her for 1 year according to our plan. Good luck everyone and thanks for writing! Barb in Oregon :phanvan

I know Kaiser in Oregon covers bariatric surgery.

Hi Kaitlyn, Congratulations on your new life! My daughter would like to have the surgery done. She is 19 years old and a sophomore in college. I was wondering if you had any problems with your insurance paying for the surgery? I actually work as a nurse at the hospital that is the center for excellence for the bariatric surgeries in the state of Oregon and we have insurance coverage for employees and dependents, however the person has to be over 25 years old. She cried very hard when I told her it would not be covered. I am trying to get the hospital to make an exception or try to work on them including the under 25 age for next year's benefit package. If anyone else out there has had problems with their insurance covering a young person, I would love to hear from them. I heard there is a lawyer out there to help young folks get their insurance to cover them. I heard he was employed by the company that makes lap bands. Any one know anything aobut that? Good luck! I bet your future is brighter and you will feel 1000 times better about yourself as you probably already are. I wish the same for my daughter! Barb in Oregon. :help: