Changing insurance after surgery?

[Lollicatt 36]

Helli everyone!! Im about to have surgery and bcbs of il is covering it. What happens if say, 6mos from now, I have a different insurance company? Will they cover the fills? Or if I need an upper gi or anything done lap band related? Do new insurance companies treat it as.preexisting condition? If I change insurance companies, can I expect anything lapband related to be OOP?

[JerseyGirl80 12]

I went through my whole process and was scheduled for surgery in January 2010. A few weeks before my surgery date my company announced they were changing insurance carriers after the new year. To make a long story short I had to rush my surgery and have it a week after I found out about the change. My surgeon is not participating with my new insurance (this is something you'd definitely have to find out), I knew that but chose to have surgery anyway, so not to have to go through the process all over again with a new doctor and possibly more requirements/longer diet, etc... Right now I pay all my visits and fills out of pocket. $50 a visit, $150 a fill. As far as my new insurance paying for future treatment, I don't know yet. I'm going to need and endoscopy soon, but I don't know if I'll be covered.